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ἀράχνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀράχνη ἀράχνης

Structure: ἀραχν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. spider
  2. a spider's web

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λεπτὸν ὑφηναμένα ῥαδινοῖσ ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἀράχνα τέττιγα σκολιαῖσ ἔνδετον εἶχε πάγαισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3721)
  • Παλλάδι ταὶ τρισσαὶ θέσαν ἅλικεσ, ἶσον ἀράχνᾳ τεῦξαι λεπταλέον στάμον’ ἐπιστάμεναι, Δημὼ μὲν ταλαρίσκον ἐύπλοκον, Ἀρσινόα δὲ ἐργάτιν εὐκλώστου νήματοσ ἠλακάταν κερκίδα δ’ εὐποίητον, ἀηδόνα τὰν ἐν ἐρίθοισ, Βακχυλίσ, εὐκρέκτουσ ᾇ διέκρινε μίτουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1741)

Synonyms

  1. spider

  2. a spider's web

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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