spider

From LSJ

ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. ἀράχνη, ἡ (Aristotle, also used in Attic V. but only in lyric passages).

venomous spider: P. φαλάγγιον, τό (Plato), Ar. φάλαγξ, ἡ.

spider's web: P. ἀράχνιον, τό (Aristotle).