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ărānĕa (noun F) : ἀράχνη.
* 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.
* Meton.
* 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.
* Also, for threads similar to spiders' webs: salicis fructus ante maturitatem in araneam abit,Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 56.
* 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.
* Meton.
* 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.
* Also, for threads similar to spiders' webs: salicis fructus ante maturitatem in araneam abit,Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 56.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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