arachnoides
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (arakhnoeidḗs, “like a cobweb”), from ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē, “spider web”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.rakʰ.noˈiː.deːs/, [äräkʰnoˈiːd̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.rak.noˈi.des/, [äräknoˈiːd̪es]
Adjective edit
arachnoīdēs (neuter arachnoīdes or arachnoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- resembling a spider web
Inflection edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | arachnoīdēs | arachnoīdes1 arachnoīdēs |
arachnoīdēs | arachnoīdia | |
| Genitive | arachnoīdis | arachnoīdium | |||
| Dative | arachnoīdī | arachnoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | arachnoīdem | arachnoīdes1 arachnoīdēs |
arachnoīdēs | arachnoīdia | |
| Ablative | arachnoīdī | arachnoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | arachnoīdes1 arachnoīdēs |
arachnoīdēs | arachnoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants edit
- → English: arachnoid