Arachne
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ărachnē: ēs, f., = Ἀράχνη (a spider).
I Myth., a Lydian maiden, who challenged Minerva to a trial of skill in spinning, and, as a punishment, was changed by the goddess into a spider, Ov. M. 6, 5 sq. (another form, Ărachnēa, ae, = Ἀράχνεια, like Calliopēa from Calliope, Manil. 4, 135).—
II Arachne, a kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Ărachnē,¹⁶ ēs, f., Arachné [jeune fille changée en araignée par Minerve] : Ov. M. 6, 5 ; -næus ou -nēus, a, um, imité d’Arachné : Anth. 732, 48 || -nēa, æ, f., Manil. 4, 135, Arachné.
