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Definition of Retiarius
1. n. A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.
Definition of Retiarius
1. Noun. A type of gladiator, who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retiarius
1. a ancient Roman gladiator [n -ARII]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retiarius
Literary usage of Retiarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrations of Roman London by Charles Roach Smith (1859)
"... in other works of ancient art, and with the descriptions given by classical
writers. In the groups here given are shewn a retiarius and a Secutor (fig. ..."
2. Guide to the Public Collections of Classical Antiquities in Rome by Wolfgang Helbig, Emil Reisch (1896)
"Aurius, another retiarius, has been overcome by his antagonist ... In the third
group we see the retiarius Meleager, kneeling on his left knee and holding ..."
3. Thirteen Satires of Juvenal by Juvenal, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1878)
"TUNICAE the retiarius wore the tunic alone, sat. n (supr. 201 п.). Suet. Gal.
... 210 SECUTOR matched with the retiarius also in Suet. Cal. (207 n. ..."
4. Thirteen satires of Juvenal by Juvenal (1888)
"His name is derived from his following tlie retiarius in his flight (cf. ...
which / served as a shield to the retiarius (see Eich and Guhl und ..."
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