α3750Ἀράχνη
spider's web
In the feminine, [it is] the web. But a)ra/xnhs as a masculine [is] the creature; [so called] from its having narrow tracks [a)raia\ i)/xnh]. "Three girls of an age, skilled just as a spider at weaving a narrow thread,…
Ἀράχνη· θηλυκῶς τὸ ὕφασμα. ἀράχνης δὲ ἀρσενικῶς, τὸ ζωΰφιον· παρὰ τὸ ἀραιὰ ἴχνη ἔχειν. τρισσαὶ θέσαν ἅλικες, ἶσον ἀράχνᾳ τεῦξαι λεπταλέον μῖτον ἐπιστάμεναι. εἴρηται δὲ ἀράχνης καὶ…