aranea

Latin

arānea (spider)

Etymology

Either from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē) or from the same source. Derivative: arāneus (“spider”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈraː.ne.a/

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Noun

arānea f (genitive arāneae); first declension

1. spider
2. spider's web, cobweb
3. (figuratively) threads similar to spiders' webs

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arānea	arāneae
Genitive	arāneae	arāneārum
Dative	arāneae	arāneīs
Accusative	arāneam	arāneās
Ablative	arāneā	arāneīs
Vocative	arānea	arāneae

Synonyms

• (spider): arāneus
• (spider's web): arāneum

Derived terms

• arāneola (“small spider”)
• arāneōsus (“full of cobwebs or spider's webs; similar to cobwebs; cobwebby”)

 

Related terms

• arāneans
• arāneolus

• arāneum
• arāneus

Descendants

• Aromanian: arãnji, rãnji
• Asturian: araña, roña
• Catalan: aranya, ronya
• Fala: araña
• French: araignée, rogne
• Friulian: rogne
• Galician: araña, raña
• Gallo: irâgne
• Italian: aragna, ragna, rogna
• Megleno-Romanian: rănă

• Occitan: aranha, ronha
• Old Portuguese: aranna
• Portuguese: aranha, ronha
• Romanian: râie
• Sardinian: aragna, aràngia, arrúngia, rúngia, orrúngia, runza
• Spanish: araña, roña
• Tourangeau: iragne, aragne
• Venetian: rogna
• Walloon: aragne, arègne

References

• aranea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aranea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aranea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aranea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette