Arachne

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) Arachnē¹, ēs, f. (Ἀράχνη), eine lydische Jungfrau, Tochter des Kolophoniers Idmon, eines Purpurfärbers, die als kunstvolle Spinnerin sich mit Athene (Minerva) in einen Wettstreit einließ, worauf Athene das tadellose Gewebe der Arachne im Zorn zerriß, sie selbst, als sie sich aus Gram erhängen wollte, zwar am Leben erhielt, aber verdammte, als Spinne immer zu hangen, Ov. met. 6, 5, sqq. Manil. 4, 135 sq. (wo die Nbf. Arachnēa, Ἀράχνεια); vgl. Serv. Verg. georg. 4, 246. – appell. = Spinne, Seren. Sam. 966. – Dav. Arachnēus, a, um, arachneisch, poet. = spinnend, webend, pecten, Anthol. Lat. 742, 48 (1143, 48).

Wikipedia EN

Arachne (/əˈrækniː/; from Ancient Greek: Ἀράχνη, romanized: arákhnē, lit. 'spider', cognate with Latin araneus) is the protagonist of a tale in Greek mythology known primarily from the version told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which is the earliest extant source for the story. In Book Six of his epic poem Metamorphoses, Ovid recounts how the talented mortal Arachne, daughter of Idmon, challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, to a weaving contest. When Athena could find no flaws in the tapestry Arachne had woven for the contest, the goddess became enraged and beat the girl with her shuttle. After Arachne hanged herself out of shame, she was transformed into a spider. The myth both provides an aetiology of spiders' web-spinning abilities and is a cautionary tale warning mortals not to place themselves on an equal level with the gods.