ἀράχνης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱς (arákhnās), ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē), ᾰ̓́ρᾰχνος (árakhnos)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.rá.kʰnɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈra.kʰne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈra.xnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈra.xnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈra.xnis/
Noun
ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνης • (arákhnēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνου); first declension
- spider
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 777
- A kind of legume.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνης; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνης ho arákhnēs | τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱ tṑ arákhnā | οἱ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναι hoi arákhnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνου toû arákhnou | τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναιν toîn arákhnain | τῶν ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶν tôn arakhnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῃ tôi arákhnēi | τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναιν toîn arákhnain | τοῖς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναις toîs arákhnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνην tòn arákhnēn | τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱ tṑ arákhnā | τοὺς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱς toùs arákhnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη arákhnē | ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱ arákhnā | ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναι arákhnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχναῖος (arakhnaîos)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνήεις (arakhnḗeis)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνηκες (arákhnēkes)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῐκός (arakhnikós)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῐον (arakhnion)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοῠ̈φής (arakhnoüphḗs)
Related terms
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνᾰ́ομαι (arakhnáomai)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῐόω (arákhnióō)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῐώδης (arákhniṓdēs)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (arakhnoeidḗs)
- ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδης (arakhnṓdēs)
References
- “ἀράχνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press