Arachne

Arachne

Translingual

Leptopus phyllanthoides

Etymology

Latin Arachne

Proper noun

Arachne f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllanthaceae – species now placed in genera Leptopus and Notoleptopus.

References

• ''Leptopus'' on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ''Leptopus'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• ''Leptopus'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arachne at The Plant List

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English

Etymology

From Latin Arachnē, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹækni/

Proper noun

Arachne

1. (Greek mythology) A woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena.

Related terms

• arachnid

Translations

(Greek mythology) woman famous for her skill at weaving

French: Arachné f Greek: Αράχνη f (Aráchni) Ancient: Ἀράχνη f (Arákhnē) Inuktitut: ᐊᕋᖅᓂ (araqni) Italian: Aragne f Latin: Arachnē f Portuguese: Aracne f Russian: Ара́хна f (Aráxna)

Anagrams

• Archean, acharné, arencha

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈrakʰ.neː/, [äˈräkʰneː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.ne/, [äˈräkne]

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Proper noun

Arachnē f (genitive Arachnēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Arachne

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Arachnē	Arachnae
Genitive	Arachnēs	Arachnārum
Dative	Arachnae	Arachnīs
Accusative	Arachnēn	Arachnās
Ablative	Arachnē	Arachnīs
Vocative	Arachnē	Arachnae

References

• “Arachne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Arachne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette