contraretiarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From contrā (“against”) + rētiārius (“a net fighter”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.traː.reː.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.tra.ret.t͡siˈaː.ri.us] === Noun === contrārētiārius m (genitive contrārētiāriī or contrārētiārī); second declension (gladiatorial combat) A net-fighting opponent; the opponent of a rētiārius, who is himself a rētiārius. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== rētiārius