ἀραχνώδης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνης (ărắkhnēs, “spider”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ra.kʰnɔ̌ː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.raˈkʰno.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.raˈxno.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.raˈxno.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.raˈxno.ðis/
Adjective
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδης • (ărăkhnṓdēs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶδες); third declension
- spidery, cobwebby
- Synonym: ἀραχνοειδής (arakhnoeidḗs)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδης ărăkhnṓdēs |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶδες ărăkhnôdes |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεις ărăkhnṓdeis |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδη ărăkhnṓdē | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδους ărăkhnṓdous |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδους ărăkhnṓdous |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδοιν ărăkhnṓdoin |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδοιν ărăkhnṓdoin |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδων ărăkhnṓdōn |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδων ărăkhnṓdōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδοιν ărăkhnṓdoin |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδοιν ărăkhnṓdoin |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεσῐ / ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεσῐν ărăkhnṓdesĭ(n) |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεσῐ / ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεσῐν ărăkhnṓdesĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδη ărăkhnṓdē |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶδες ărăkhnôdes |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεις ărăkhnṓdeis |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδη ărăkhnṓdē | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶδες ărăkhnôdes |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνῶδες ărăkhnôdes |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδει ărăkhnṓdei |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδεις ărăkhnṓdeis |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδη ărăkhnṓdē | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδως ărăkhnṓdōs |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνωδέστερος ărăkhnōdésteros |
ᾰ̓ρᾰχνωδέστᾰτος ărăkhnōdéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Arachnodes
References
- “ἀραχνώδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press