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ἀράχνιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀράχνιον

Structure: ἀραχνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)ra/xnhs

Sense

  1. a spider's web

Declension

Second 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

  • ἰδοὺ γέ τοι ὑπ’ ἀσχολίασ τοσαύτασ ἑώλουσ δίκασ φυλάττομεν ἀποκειμένασ ὑπ’ εὐρῶτοσ ἤδη καὶ ἀραχνίων διεφθαρμένασ, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόσαι ταῖσ ἐπιστήμαισ καὶ τέχναισ πρὸσ ἀνθρώπουσ τινὰσ συνεστᾶσιν, πάνυ παλαιὰσ ἐνίασ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 3:2)
  • ἐν γωνίᾳ που τάχα τῶν ἰαλέμων τινὸσ ποιητῶν κατορωρυγμένα, εὐρῶτοσ καὶ ἀραχνίων μεστά, ἤ που ἐκ τῶν Φιλαινίδοσ Δέλτων, ἃσ διὰ χειρὸσ ἔχεισ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 21:5)
  • ἀναστρέψαντεσ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ διώξεωσ δύο τρόπαια ἐστήσαμεν, τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀραχνίων τῆσ πεζομαχίασ, τὸ δὲ τῆσ ἀερομαχίασ ἐπὶ τῶν νεφῶν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 18:1)
  • ἰατρικὴν δὲ λοιμῶδεσ θέροσ ἀραχνίων πλήθει προδηλοῦν, καὶ θρίοισ ἐαρινοῖσ ὅταν κορώνησ ποδὶ εἴκελα γένηται, τίσ ἐάσει τῶν ἀξιούντων μικρὰ σημεῖα μὴ γίγνεσθαι τῶν μεγάλων; (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 3 1:7)
  • τὸν οὖν Ἀνάχαρσιν πυθόμενον καταγελᾶν τῆσ πραγματείασ τοῦ Σόλωνοσ, οἰομένου γράμμασιν ἐφέξειν τὰσ ἀδικίασ καὶ πλεονεξίασ τῶν πολιτῶν, ἃ μηδὲν τῶν ἀραχνίων διαφέρειν, ἀλλ’ ὡσ ἐκεῖνα τοὺσ μὲν ἀσθενεῖσ καὶ λεπτοὺσ τῶν ἁλισκομένων καθέξειν, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν δυνατῶν καὶ πλουσίων διαρραγήσεσθαι. (Plutarch, , chapter 5 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a spider's web

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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