different between southern vs reticulum

English

Etymology

From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English s?þerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?nijaz (“southern”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh?un-, *sh?wen-, r/n-stem alternation of *sóh?wl? (“sun”). Cognate with Scots southron, sudron (“southern”), Old Frisian s?thern, s?dern (“southern”), Middle Low German s?dern (“southern”), Middle High German sundern (“southern”), Icelandic suðrænn (“southern, tropical”). More at south.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?n/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?n/, enPR: s?th??rn
• (rare, parts of Ontario and Canadian prairies) IPA^(key): /?sa?ð?n/, enPR: south??rn

Adjective

southern (comparative more southern, superlative most southern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
2. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.

3. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

Synonyms

• southerly
• austral
• meridional

Antonyms

• northern
• boreal
• septentrional

Derived terms

• southern cassowary

Translations

Noun

southern (plural southerns)

1. Synonym of southerner

See also

• eastern
• western
• oriental
• occidental

Anagrams

• turnshoe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?ticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle.

Noun

reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums)

1. A network. The endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
2. A pattern of interconnected objects.
3. (zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.

Related terms

• reticle
• reticulate
• reticulated
• reticulation

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• r?ti?culum
• r?ticulus

Etymology

From r?te (“net, snare”) +? -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re??ti.ku.lum/, [re??t??k??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re?ti.ku.lum/, [r??t?i?kulum]

Noun

r?ticulum n (genitive r?ticul?); second declension

1. a net
2. a fishnet
3. a hairnet
4. a network
5. a colander
6. an omentum
7. (later Latin): a reticle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• r?ticul?tus

Descendants

• English: reticle
• Italian: reticolo
• Portuguese: retículo, retícula

References

• reticulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reticulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• reticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette