Translingual

Araneus angulatus (type species)

Proper noun

Araneus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – many common orb-weaving spiders.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Arthropoda - phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class; Araneae - order; Opisthothelae - suborder; Araneomorphae - infraorder; Neocribellatae - taxon; Entelegynae - series; Araneoidea - superfamily; Araneidae - family, Araneinae - subfamily, Araneini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Araneus angulatus - type species
  • For other species see List of Araneus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    • Araneus acuminatus, Araneus albotriangulus, Araneus alsine, Araneus amabilis, Araneus angulatus, Araneus pentagrammicus, Araneus bufo, Araneus cavaticus, Araneus circe, Araneus diadematus, Araneus gemma, Araneus gemmoides, Araneus grossus, Araneus illaudatus, Araneus lutulentus, Araneus marmoreus, Araneus mitificus, Araneus nordmanni, Araneus pallidus, Araneus pegnia, Araneus praesignis, Araneus pratensis, Araneus quadratus, Araneus ryukyuanus, Araneus saevus, Araneus seminiger, Araneus sturmi, Araneus trifolium, Araneus triguttatus, Araneus ventricosus, Araneus viridiventris - selected species (species for which images available at WikiCommons)

Latin

Adjective

arāneus m ‎(feminine arānea, neuter arāneum); first/second declension

1. of or pertaining to a spider.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

arāneus m ‎(genitive arāneī); second declension

1. a spider.
2. a spiderweb, cobweb.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (spider): aranea
• (spiderweb): aranea, araneum

Related terms

• aranea
• araneola
• araneolus
• araneosus

Descendants

References

• araneus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• araneus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “araneus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.