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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

  • ἐν ἐλεγμοῖσ ὑπὲρ ἀνομίασ ἐπαίδευσασ ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐξέτηξασ ὡσ ἀράχνην τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ. πλὴν μάτην ταράσσεται πᾶσ ἄνθρωποσ. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 38:12)
  • ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι ἡμῶν ἐξέλιπον, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ σου ἐξελίπομεν. τὰ ἔτη ἡμῶν ὡσεὶ ἀράχνη ἐμελέτων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 89:9)
  • ἀοίκητοσ γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκοσ, ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 8:14)
  • ἀπέβη δὲ οἱ οἶκοσ αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σῆτεσ καὶ ὥσπερ ἀράχνη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 27:18)
  • 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)
  • τὸν δὲ σπόγγον ἡνιοχεῖ θηρίδιον οὐ καρκινῶδεσ ἀλλ’ ἀράχνῃ παραπλήσιον· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 30 5:1)
  • καὶ τάχ’ ἂν ἐρροίζητο δι’ αἰθέροσ, εἰ μὴ ἀράχνῃ τοὺσ πόδασ ἐμπλεχθεὶσ ὕπτιοσ ἐκρέματο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1062)

Synonyms

  1. spider

  2. a spider's web

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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