Arachne

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin Arachne === Proper noun === Arachne f (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllanthaceae – species now placed in genera Leptopus and Notoleptopus. === References === Leptopus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Leptopus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Leptopus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Arachne at Plants of the World Online == English == === Etymology === From Latin Arachnē, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈɹækni/ === Proper noun === Arachne (Greek mythology) A woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena. ==== Related terms ==== arachnid ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === arencha, Achnera, acharné, Archean == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈrakʰ.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈrak.ne] === Proper noun === Arachnē f (genitive Arachnēs); first declension (Greek mythology) Arachne ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “Arachne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Arachne”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.