net (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. rēte, is, n. (most gen. term)2. plăga (for hunting)3. ēverrĭcŭlum (less correctly, verrĭcŭlum, Val. Max.4. casses, ium, f. (hunting-nets, "toils;" poet. • net (subs.): 1. rēte, is, n. (most gen. term): to set n.s for deer, retia ponere cervis, Virg. G. 1, 307; tendere, Ov. M. 7, 701: Prop.: Cic. Dimin., reticulum (usu. that which is made of net): v. net-work. 2. plăga (for hunting): to set a n., p. tendere, ponere, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: to drive into the n.s, in plagas conjicere, id. Fam. 12, 25 (fig.): Hor.: Ov.. v. mesh. 3. ēverrĭcŭlum (less correctly, verrĭcŭlum, Val. Max.: a drag-net): to land a haul of fish with the d., pisces everriculo in litus educere, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, med.: Ulp. Dig. Also called funda (poet.): Virg. G. 1, 141. 4. casses, ium, f. (hunting-nets, "toils;" poet.: sing. v. rare): Virg. G. 3, 371: Ov. (same constr. as preced.) For fig. sense, v. snare.