aranea

== Interlingua == === Noun === aranea (plural araneas) spider == Latin == === Etymology === Either from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē) (or a byform *ἀράχνεα (*arákhnea)), through an early intermediate like *aragnea, or from the same unknown source. Due to phonetic difficulties, the latter scenario may be more likely. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈraː.ne.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈraː.ne.a] === Noun === arānea f (genitive arāneae); first declension spider Synonym: arāneus spider's web, cobweb Synonym: arāneum (figuratively) threads similar to spiders' webs ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== arāneum ==== Descendants ==== === References === “aranea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aranea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "aranea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “aranea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.