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ἀραχναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀραχναῖος

Structure: ἀραχναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ra/xnh

Sense

  1. of or belonging to a spider

Examples

  • καλύπτειραν δὲ προσώπου, ἔργον ἀραχναίοισ νήμασιν ἰσόμορον, ἁ καλὰ Ἡράκλεια· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 206 1:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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