araneans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle in -āns of a hypothesized verb *arāneo, arāneāre, from arānea (“spiderweb”).

Adjective

arāneāns (genitive arāneantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. containing spiders' webs

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	arāneāns			arāneantēs	arāneantia
Genitive	arāneantis			arāneantium
Dative	arāneantī			arāneantibus
Accusative	arāneantem	arāneāns		arāneantēs arāneantīs	arāneantia
Ablative	arāneante arāneantī1			arāneantibus
Vocative	arāneāns			arāneantēs	arāneantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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