ἀράχνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱς (ărắkhnās), ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (ărắkhnē), ᾰ̓́ρᾰχνος (ắrăkhnos)

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 • (ărắkhnēs) 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 ărắkhnēs	τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱ tṑ ărắkhnā	οἱ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναι hoi ărắkhnai
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνου toû ărắkhnou	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναιν toîn ărắkhnain	τῶν ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶν tôn ărăkhnôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῃ tôi ărắkhnēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναιν toîn ărắkhnain	τοῖς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναις toîs ărắkhnais
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνην tòn ărắkhnēn	τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱ tṑ ărắkhnā	τοὺς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱς toùs ărắkhnās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη ărắkhnē	ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνᾱ ărắkhnā	ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χναι ărắkhnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ρᾰχναῖος (ărăkhnaîos)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνήεις (ărăkhnḗeis)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνηκες (ărắkhnēkes)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῐκός (ărăkhnĭkós)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῐον (ărăkhnĭon)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοῠ̈φής (ărăkhnoŭ̈phḗs)

Related terms

• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνᾰ́ομαι (ărăkhnắomai)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (ărắkhnē)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῐόω (ărắkhnĭóō)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνῐώδης (ărắkhnĭṓdēs)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (ărăkhnoeidḗs)
• ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδης (ărăkhnṓdēs)

References

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