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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

  • τὰσ δὲ δὴ πρόσθεν μολούσασ λιπαραυγεῖσ πορθμίδασ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν πάλιν εἴσφερον γεμούσασ, τὰσ ἐφήμεροι καλέοντι νῦν τραπέζασ δευτέρασ, ἀθάνατοι δὲ τ’ Ἀμαλθείασ κέρασ, ταῖσι δ’ ἐν μέσαισ ἐγκαθιδρύθη μέγα χάρμα βροτοῖσ, λευκὸσ μυελὸσ γλυκερόσ, λεπτοῖσ ἀράχνασ ἐναλιγκίοισι πέπλοισ συγκαλύπτων ὄψιν αἰσχύνασ ὕπο, μὴ κατίδῃ τισ μηλογενὲσ πῶυ λιπόντ’ ἀνάγκαισ ξηρὸν ἐν ξηραῖσ Ἀρισταίου παλιρρύτοισι παγαῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 50 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. spider

  2. a spider's web

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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