aranea
Latin > English
aranea araneae N F :: spider's web, cobweb; mass of threads resembling a spider web; spider
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ărānĕa: ae, f. ἀράχνη.
I A spider: aranearum perdere texturam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 24: antiquas exercet aranea telas, Ov. M. 6, 145: tela aranearum, Vulg. Job, 8, 14; so ib. Isa. 59, 5; ib. Osee, 8, 6: araneae textura, Sen. Ep. 121: invisa Minervae aranea, Verg. G. 4, 247: anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur, Vulg. Psa. 89, 10.—
II Meton.
A A spider's web, cobweb: (aedes) oppletae araneis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 6: ut aranea bratteaque auri, Lucr. 4, 727: arcula plena aranearum, Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. tanne, p. 154 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 217 Rib.): Catulli Plenus sacculus est aranearum, Cat. 13, 8: summo quae pendet aranea tigno, Ov. M. 4, 179; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 158.—
B Also, for threads similar to spiders' webs: salicis fructus ante maturitatem in araneam abit, Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 56.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ărānĕa,¹³ æ, f. (ἀράχνη), araignée : Lucr. 4, 727 ; Virg. G. 4, 247 ; Ov. M. 6, 145 || toile d’araignée : Pl. Aul. 87 || fil très fin : Plin. 24, 56 || herpès [maladie de peau] : Cass. Fel. 25, p. 42, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
arānea, ae, f. (ἀράχνη), I) die Spinne, invisa Minervae (s. 1. Arachne), Verg.: opera omnis aranearum, Plaut.: aranearum telae, Plaut. u. Val. Max. – II) meton., das Spinnengewebe, Plaut. u.a.: araneam texere, Ambros.: araneas abstergere, Titin. fr., od. detergere, ICt. – übtr., dem Spinnengewebe ähnliche Fäden, Plin. 24, 56.
