Arachne

Translingual

Leptopus phyllanthoides

Etymology

Latin Arachne

Proper noun

Arachne f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllanthaceae – species now placed in genera Leptopus and Notoleptopus.

References

• Leptopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Leptopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Leptopus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arachne at Plants of the World Online

English

Etymology

From Latin Arachnē, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹækni/

Proper noun

Arachne

1. (Greek mythology) A woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena.

Related terms

• arachnid

Translations

(Greek mythology) woman famous for her skill at weaving

• French: Arachné f
• Greek: Αράχνη (el) f (Aráchni)

  Ancient: Ἀράχνη f (Arákhnē)

• Inuktitut: ᐊᕋᖅᓂ (araqni)
• Italian: Aragne f
• Latin: Arachnē f
• Portuguese: Aracne f
• Russian: Ара́хна f (Aráxna)

Anagrams

• arencha, Achnera, acharné, Archean

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈrakʰ.neː/, [äˈräkʰneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.ne/, [äˈräkne]

Proper noun

Arachnē f (genitive Arachnēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Arachne

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Arachnē	Arachnae
Genitive	Arachnēs	Arachnārum
Dative	Arachnae	Arachnīs
Accusative	Arachnēn	Arachnās
Ablative	Arachnē	Arachnīs
Vocative	Arachnē	Arachnae

References

• “Arachne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Arachne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.