araneans

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle in -āns of a hypothesized verb *arāneo, arāneāre, from arānea (spiderweb).

Adjective

arāneāns (genitive arāneantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. containing spiders' webs

Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • araneans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • araneans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.