Lewis Short
Arachnē | Arachnēa, ae (noun F) : Ἀράχνη (a spider).
* Myth., a Lydian maiden, who challenged Minerva to a trial of skill in spinning, and, as a punishment, was changed by the goddess into a spider, Ov. M. 6, 5 sq. (another form, , , = Ἀράχνεια, like Calliopēa from Calliope, Manil. 4, 135).
* Arachne, a kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary