ἀράχνη
First declension Noun; Feminine
동물
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀράχνη
ἀράχνης
Structure:
ἀραχν
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- spider
- 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.
- ἀράχναι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ πολλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι γίνονται, πολὺ τῶν Κυκλάδων νήσων ἕκαστοσ μείζων. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 15:6)
- ἀράχναι γεννῶντεσ ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ ἀνυποθέτου ὑφαίνουσι καὶ ἀποτείνουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἔχει τινὰσ ἱστορίασ καὶ παθῶν διηγήσεισ, οἶσθ’ αὐτή, καὶ καθάπερ οἱ μαθηματικοὶ τὴν ἶριν ἔμφασιν εἶναι τοῦ ἡλίου λέγουσι ποικιλλομένην τῇ πρὸσ τὸ νέφοσ ἀναχωρήσει τῆσ ὄψεωσ, οὕτωσ μῦθοσ ἐνταῦθα λόγου τινὸσ; (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 20 4:1)
- ἀράχνια δ’ εἰσ ὅπλ’ ἀράχναι λεπτὰ διαστήσαιντο, βοᾶσ δ’ ἔτι μηδ’ ὄνομ’ εἰή. (Theocritus, Idylls, 42)
- ἀλλ’ ὁ ὗσ καὶ τὰ σαπρὰ χηνίδια καὶ σκώληκεσ καὶ ἀράχναι, τὰ μακροτάτω τῆσ ἀνθρωπίνησ συναναστροφῆσ ἀπεληλασμένα. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 31:3)
- τότε μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τὰσ θύρασ ὑφάσματι ἀράχναι λευκῷ, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Μακεδόνων ἔφοδον μέλανι ἐξύφηναν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 6 9:1)
Synonyms
-
spider
-
a spider's web
