araneus
See also: Araneus
Latin
Etymology
From arānea (“spider”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈraː.ne.us/, [aˈraː.ne.ʊs]
Adjective
arāneus (feminine arānea, neuter arāneum); first/second declension
- of or pertaining to a spider.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | arāneus | arānea | arāneum | arāneī | arāneae | arānea | |
| Genitive | arāneī | arāneae | arāneī | arāneōrum | arāneārum | arāneōrum | |
| Dative | arāneō | arāneae | arāneō | arāneīs | arāneīs | arāneīs | |
| Accusative | arāneum | arāneam | arāneum | arāneōs | arāneās | arānea | |
| Ablative | arāneō | arāneā | arāneō | arāneīs | arāneīs | arāneīs | |
| Vocative | arānee | arānea | arāneum | arāneī | arāneae | arānea | |
Noun
arāneus m (genitive arāneī); second declension
- a spider.
- a spiderweb, cobweb.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arāneus | arāneī |
| Genitive | arāneī | arāneōrum |
| Dative | arāneō | arāneīs |
| Accusative | arāneum | arāneōs |
| Ablative | arāneō | arāneīs |
| Vocative | arānee | arāneī |
Synonyms
- (spider): aranea
- (spiderweb): aranea, araneum
Derived terms
- mūsarāneus (“shrew”)
Related terms
- aranea
- araneola
- araneolus
- araneosus
Descendants
- Friulian: ragn
- Italian: ragno, aragna
- Romansh: arogn, aragnun
- Sardinian: arrangiu
- Sicilian: ragnu
- Spanish: raño
- Venetian: ragno, rain
References
- araneus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- araneus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- araneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette