aranea

Latin

arānea (spider)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈraː.ne.a/, [äˈräːneä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈra.ne.a/, [äˈräːneä]

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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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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 Galician-Portuguese: aranna
• Portuguese: aranha, ronha
• Romanian: râie
• Sardinian: aragna, aràngia, arrúngia, rúngia, orrúngia, runza
• Spanish: araña, roña
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• 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aranea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.