ἀράχνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱς (arákhnās), ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē), ᾰ̓́ρᾰχνος (árakhnos)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rá.kʰnɛːs/ → /aˈra.xnis/ → /aˈra.xnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rá.kʰnɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈra.kʰne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈra.xnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈra.xnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈra.xnis/

Noun

ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνης • (arákhnēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνου); first declension

1. spider
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 777
2. A kind of legume.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνης; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ρᾰχναῖος (arakhnaîos)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνήεις (arakhnḗeis)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνηκες (arákhnēkes)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοῠ̈φής (arakhnoüphḗs)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῐκός (arakhnikós)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῐον (arakhnion)

 

Related terms

• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (arakhnoeidḗs)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδης (arakhnṓdēs)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνᾰ́ομαι (arakhnáomai)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῐόω (arákhnióō)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῐώδης (arákhniṓdēs)

 

References

• “ἀράχνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press