ἀραχνοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē, “spider web”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ra.kʰno.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/ → /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ra.kʰno.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ra.kʰno.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής • (arakhnoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές); third declension

1. like a cobweb
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 12:

     και τὰς λιπαρότητας δὲ τὰς ἄνω ἐφισταμένας ἀραχνοειδέας μέμφεσθαι: ξυντήξιος γὰρ σημεῖα.

     kai tàs liparótētas dè tàs ánō ephistaménas arakhnoeidéas mémphesthai: xuntḗxios gàr sēmeîa.

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής; ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής arakhnoeidḗs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖς arakhnoeideîs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê
Genitive		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῦς arakhnoeidoûs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῦς arakhnoeidoûs		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῶν arakhnoeidôn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῶν arakhnoeidôn
Dative		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐν arakhnoeidési(n)	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐν arakhnoeidési(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖς arakhnoeideîs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê
Vocative		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖς arakhnoeideîs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῶς arakhnoeidôs			ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέστερος arakhnoeidésteros			ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέστᾰτος arakhnoeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → New Latin: arachnoīdēs
  • → English: arachnoid

References

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