Translingual

Leptopus phyllanthoides

Wikispecies

Etymology

Latin

Proper noun

Arachne f

1. The genus Leptopus.

English

Proper noun

Arachne

1. (Greek mythology) A woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena.
2. A web browser.

Related terms

• arachnid

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη ‎(arákhnē, “spider”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈrakʰ.neː/

Proper noun

Arachnē f ‎(genitive Arachnēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Arachne

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

References

• Arachne in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Arachne”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.