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ἀράχνη?

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration: arachnē

Principal Part: ἀράχνη ἀράχνης

Structure: ἀραχν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. spider
  2. a spider's web

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀράχνη ἀράχνα ἀράχναι
Genitive ἀράχνης ἀράχναιν ἀραχνῶν
Dative ἀράχνῃ ἀράχναιν ἀράχναις
Accusative ἀράχνην ἀράχνα ἀράχνας
Vocative ἀράχνη ἀράχνα ἀράχναι

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

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