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German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁeːtina/
- Hyphenation: Re‧ti‧na
Noun
Retina f (genitive Retina, plural Retinae)
- retina
- Synonym: Netzhaut
Declension
Further reading
Latin
Proper noun
Retina f sg (genitive Retinae); first declension
- a town in Campania near Herculaneum
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- Retina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,356/1.