arachnoides
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής (ărăkhnoeidḗs, “like a cobweb”), from ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (ărắkhnē, “spider web”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.rakʰ.noˈiː.deːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.rak.noˈiː.d̪es]
Adjective
arachnoīdēs (neuter arachnoīdes or arachnoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- resembling a spider web
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | arachnoīdēs | arachnoīdes1 arachnoīdēs |
arachnoīdēs | arachnoīda arachnoīdia2 | |
| genitive | arachnoīdis | arachnoīdum arachnoīdium2 | |||
| dative | arachnoīdī | arachnoīdibus | |||
| accusative | arachnoīdem | arachnoīdes1 arachnoīdēs |
arachnoīdēs | arachnoīda arachnoīdia2 | |
| ablative | arachnoīde arachnoīdī2 |
arachnoīdibus | |||
| vocative | arachnoīdes1 arachnoīdēs |
arachnoīdēs | arachnoīda arachnoīdia2 | ||
1It is unknown whether Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
2It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.
Descendants
- → English: arachnoid