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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">spiders web, spider</b> (Hp.),<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀράχνης</b> m. [[spider]] (Hes.), <b class="b3">ἄραχνος</b> m. (A.); <b class="b3">ἀράχνηκες ἀράχναι</b> H. is reshaped after <b class="b3">σφῆκες</b>, <b class="b3">μύρμηκες</b>, <b class="b3">σκώληκες</b> etc..<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Medit.<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀράχνη</b> can be from <b class="b3">*ἀρακ-σνα</b>, like Lat. [[arāneus]] m. [[spider]], [[arānea]] f. <b class="b2">spiders web</b>. The word, limited to these two languages, is hardly IE (evt. <b class="b2">*h₂rh₂-ek-</b>). Connection with <b class="b3">ἄρκυς</b> is impossible if the word is IE, and for a substr. element also difficult. S. Gil Fernandez, Nombres 24f. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">spiders web, spider</b> (Hp.),<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀράχνης</b> m. [[spider]] (Hes.), <b class="b3">ἄραχνος</b> m. (A.); <b class="b3">ἀράχνηκες ἀράχναι</b> H. is reshaped after <b class="b3">σφῆκες</b>, <b class="b3">μύρμηκες</b>, <b class="b3">σκώληκες</b> etc..<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Medit.<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀράχνη</b> can be from <b class="b3">*ἀρακ-σνα</b>, like Lat. [[arāneus]] m. [[spider]], [[arānea]] f. <b class="b2">spiders web</b>. The word, limited to these two languages, is hardly IE (evt. <b class="b2">*h₂rh₂-ek-</b>). Connection with <b class="b3">ἄρκυς</b> is impossible if the word is IE, and for a substr. element also difficult. S. Gil Fernandez, Nombres 24f. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> fem. of [[ἀράχνης]], Lat. [[aranea]], Aesch., Anth.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[spider]]'s web, Anth. | |||
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