retae

Latin

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Lithuanian rekles (“scaffolding”), Old Church Slavonic ратисте (ratiste, “staff, spear”), Latin ratis (“raft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.tae̯/, [ˈreːt̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.te/, [ˈrɛːt̪e]

Noun

rētae f pl (genitive rētārum); first declension (plural only)

1. trees standing on the bank of a stream

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	rētae
Genitive	rētārum
Dative	rētīs
Accusative	rētās
Ablative	rētīs
Vocative	rētae

References

• “retae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press