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.
- ὠὰ ἀσπίδων ἔρρηξαν καὶ ἱστὸν ἀράχνησ ὑφαίνουσι. καὶ ὁ μέλλων τῶν ὠῶν αὐτῶν φαγεῖν συντρίψασ οὔριον εὗρε, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ βασιλίσκοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 59:5)
- τῇ γάρ τοι νῇ νήματ’ ἀερσιπότητοσ ἀράχνησ ἤματοσ ἐκ πλείου, ὅτε ἴδρισ σωρὸν ἀμᾶται· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 94:7)
- "ἔχουσι γὰρ ἀμφότεροι τηνικαῦτα παρὰ τὰ πτερύγια οἱονεὶ σκωλήκιον τὸν καλούμενον οἶστρον, ὅμοιον μὲν σκορπίῳ, μέγεθοσ δ’ ἡλίκον ἀράχνησ, τοῦτο δὲ ποιεῖ αὐτοὺσ ἐξάλλεσθαι οὐκ ἔλαττον τοῦ δελφῖνοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 644)
- γελοῖοι δ’ ἴσωσ ἐσμὲν ἐπὶ τῷ μανθάνειν τὰ ζῷα σεμνύνοντεσ, ὧν ὁ Δημόκριτοσ ἀποφαίνει μαθητὰσ ἐν τοῖσ μεγίστοισ γεγονότασ ἡμᾶσ ἀράχνησ ἐν ὑφαντικῇ καὶ ἀκεστικῇ, χελιδόνοσ ἐν οἰκοδομίᾳ καὶ τῶν λιγυρῶν, κύκνου καὶ ἀηδόνοσ, ἐν ᾠδῇ κατὰ μίμησιν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 201)
- κεῖσαι δ’ ἀράχνησ ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδ’ ἀσεβεῖ θανάτῳ βίον ἐκπνέων. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, ephymn. 2 1:3)
Synonyms
-
spider
-
a spider's web
