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‖ retiarius|riːtɪˈɛərɪəs, riːʃ-|
[L. rētiārius, f. rēte a net.]
A Roman gladiator who carried a net with which to entangle his adversary.
1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 267 And there Gracchus, Romes infamy, doth arm'd appear, A Retiarius. 1693Stepney in Dryden Juvenal (1697) 209 As Retiarius he Attacks his Foe; First waves his Trident ready for the throw, Next casts his Net. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. xliii, As in throng'd Amphitheatre, of old, The wary Retiarius trap'd his foe. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVII. 241/2 The retiarius attempted to cast his net over the head of the secutor. 1858Birch Anc. Pottery II. 289 Another lamp in the same collection has a retiarius holding his trident. 1880Meredith Tragic Com. (1881) 96, I..encountered a retiarius, and the meshes are on my head and arms. |