araneus

See also: Araneus

Latin

Etymology

From arānea (“spider”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

arāneus (feminine arānea, neuter arāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a spider.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arāneus	arānea	arāneum		arāneī	arāneae	arānea
Genitive	arāneī	arāneae	arāneī		arāneōrum	arāneārum	arāneōrum
Dative	arāneō		arāneō		arāneīs
Accusative	arāneum	arāneam	arāneum		arāneōs	arāneās	arānea
Ablative	arāneō	arāneā	arāneō		arāneīs
Vocative	arānee	arānea	arāneum		arāneī	arāneae	arānea

Noun

arāneus m (genitive arāneī); second declension

1. a spider.
2. a spiderweb, cobweb.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arāneus	arāneī
Genitive	arāneī	arāneōrum
Dative	arāneō	arāneīs
Accusative	arāneum	arāneōs
Ablative	arāneō	arāneīs
Vocative	arānee	arāneī

Synonyms

• (spider): aranea
• (spiderweb): aranea, araneum

Derived terms

• mūsarāneus (“shrew”)

Related terms

• aranea
• araneola
• araneolus
• araneosus

Descendants

• Friulian: ragn
• Italian: ragno, aragna
• Lombard: ragn
• Romansch: arogn, aragnun
• Sardinian: arrangiu

• Sicilian: ragnu
• Spanish: raño
• Venetian: ragno, rain

References

• “araneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “araneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• araneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.