aranea
See also: Aranea
Interlingua
Noun
aranea (plural araneas)
- spider
Latin
arānea (spider)
Etymology
Either from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē) or from the same source. Derivative: arāneus (“spider”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈraː.ne.a/, [äˈräːneä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈra.ne.a/, [äˈräːneä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
arānea f (genitive arāneae); first declension
- spider
- spider's web, cobweb
- (figuratively) threads similar to spiders' webs
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arānea | arāneae |
| Genitive | arāneae | arāneārum |
| Dative | arāneae | arāneīs |
| Accusative | arāneam | arāneās |
| Ablative | arāneā | arāneīs |
| Vocative | arānea | arāneae |
Synonyms
- (spider): arāneus
- (spider's web): arāneum
Derived terms
- arāneola (“small spider”)
- arāneōsus (“full of cobwebs or spider's webs; similar to cobwebs; cobwebby”)
Related terms
- arāneans
- arāneolus
- arāneum
- arāneus
Descendants
- Aromanian: arãnji, rãnji
- Asturian: araña
- Catalan: aranya, ronya
- French: araignée, rogne
- Middle English: araine, arayne, eraine
- Friulian: rogne
- Gallo: irâgne
- Italian: aragna, ragna
- Megleno-Romanian: rănă
- Occitan: aranha
- Old English: renġe
- Old Portuguese: aranna
- Fala: araña
- Galician: araña
- Portuguese: aranha
- Old Spanish: aranna
- Spanish: araña
- Romanian: râie
- Sardinian: aragna, aràngia, arrúngia, rúngia, orrúngia, runza
- Sicilian: rugna
- Tourangeau: iragne, aragne
- Venetian: rogna
- Walloon: aragne, arègne
References
- “aranea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aranea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aranea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aranea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette