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ἀράχνη

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Καλὸν τὸ γηρᾶν καὶ τὸ μὴ γηρᾶν πάλιν → Res pulchra senium, pulchra non senescere → Schön ist das Altsein, doch nicht alt sein wieder auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 283
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Full diacritics: ἀράχνη Medium diacritics: ἀράχνη Low diacritics: αράχνη Capitals: ΑΡΑΧΝΗ
Transliteration A: aráchnē Transliteration B: arachnē Transliteration C: arachni Beta Code: a)ra/xnh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A = ἀράχνης, ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι A.Ag.1492 (lyr.), cf. AP11.110 (Nicarch.); αἱ λειμώνιαι ἀ. Arist.HA555b7 (elsewh. ἀράχνης, q.v.).    II spider's web, Hp.Cord.10, S.Fr.286, AP11.106 (Lucill.).    III ἀ. λεπταί thin lines, Gal.UP10.12.    IV = σφονδύλιον, Ps.-Dsc.3.76.    V kind of sundial, Vitr.9.8.1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 344] ἡ, 1) Spinne, Aesch. Ag. 1471. 1497 u. Sp., wie Nicarch. 16 (XI, 110). – 2) Spinngewebe, Lucill. 65 (XI, 106) u. öfter bei Sp., so daß der Unterschied der Gramm. ἀράχνη θηλυκῶς τὸ ὕφασμα, ἀράχνης δὲ ἀρσενικῶς τὸ ζωΰφιον nicht bestätigt wird. – 3) ein Seefisch, Diosc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀράχνη: ἡ, Ἀττικώτερος τύπος, τοῦ ἀρσεν. ὁ ἀράχνης, κεῖσαι δ’ ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1492, πρβλ. 1516, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 296. Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 110· αἱ λειμώνιαι ἀράχναι Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 5. 27, 3, ἂν καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ μεταχειρίζεται τὸν ἀρσεν. τύπον ὁ ἀράχνης. ΙΙ. τὸ ὕφασμα τῆς ἀράχνης, «ῤαχνιά», Λατ. aranea, Ἱππ. 269. 44, Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 106 (ἴδε ἐν λ. ἄρκυς).

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
araignée, insecte.
Étymologie: DELG pê ἄρκυς.