ἀραχνοειδής
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰρ], ές,
A like a cobweb, of the scum of urine, λιπαρότητες Hp.Prog.12; also used of a feeble pulse, Gal.19.411; of capillary veins, Id.2.808; of nerves, ib.400; ἀπόφυσις -εστάτη ib.366; ἀ. χιτών in Medic., older name for the ἀμφιβληστροειδὴς χ. (q.v.), i.e. the retina, Herophil. ap. Cels.7.7.13, Ruf.Onom.153; but distinguished from it by Gal.10.47.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀραχνοειδής: -ές, ὅμοιος ἱστῷ ἀράχνης, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀφροῦ τῶν οὔρων, Ἱππ. Προγν. 40· ὡσαύτως ἐν χρήσει ἐπὶ τῶν τριχοειδῶν ἀγγείων ἢ νεύρων, Γαλην. 2. 808, ἐν τῇ Ἰατρ. 366· ἀραχνοειδής χιτών ὁ ἄλλως ὑαλοειδὴς ἢ ἀμφιβληστροειδὴς χιτών καλούμενος, Greenhill, Ueofil. s. 164. 7.
