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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

  • κείσθω δόρυ μοι μίτον ἀμφιπλέκειν ἀράχναισ· (Plutarch, , chapter 9 5:2)
  • μέγεθοσ μέν ἐστιν αὐτοῦ διπλάσιον ἢ κανθάρων ὁ μέγιστοσ, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα εἴκασται τοῖσ ἀράχναισ, οἳ ὑπὸ τοῖσ δένδρεσιν ὑφαίνουσι, καὶ δὴ καὶ πόδασ ἀριθμὸν ὀκτὼ κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχει τοῖσ ἀράχναισ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. spider

  2. a spider's web

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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