reticulum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rēticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle, reticule, and Reticulum. === Pronunciation === === Noun === reticulum (plural reticula or reticulums) (biology) A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell. A pattern of interconnected objects. (zoology) The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant. Synonyms: honeycomb, honeycomb stomach Coordinate terms: abomasum, omasum, rumen (cooking) The tripe made from the second compartment of the stomach of a cow (or other ruminant). Synonym: honeycomb tripe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === rētiāculum rēticulus === Etymology === From rēte (“net, snare”) + culum (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [reːˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈtiː.ku.lum] === Noun === rēticulum n (genitive rēticulī); second declension a net a fishnet a hairnet a network a colander an omentum (later Latin): a reticle ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== rēticulātus ==== Descendants ==== English: reticle French: réticule Italian: reticolo Portuguese: retículo, retícula Romanian: reticul Spanish: retículo === 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.