araneolus

Latin

Etymology

From arāneus (“spider”) +‎ -olus (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.raːˈne.o.lus/, [äräːˈneɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.raˈne.o.lus/, [äräˈnɛːolus]

Noun

arāneolus m (genitive arāneolī); second declension

1. diminutive of arāneus
2. small spider

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arāneolus	arāneolī
Genitive	arāneolī	arāneolōrum
Dative	arāneolō	arāneolīs
Accusative	arāneolum	arāneolōs
Ablative	arāneolō	arāneolīs
Vocative	arāneole	arāneolī

Synonyms

• (small spider): arāneola

Related terms

• arānea
• arāneola
• arāneum
• arāneus
• arāneāns
• arāneōsus

 

Descendants

• Sardinian: aragnolu, aragiolu, arantzolu, aranzolu, arrungiolu, ranzolu
• Spanish: arañuelo

References

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