ἀραχνοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (arákhnē, “spider web”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ra.kʰno.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ra.kʰno.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ra.xno.iˈðis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής • (arakhnoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές); third declension

like a cobweb
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 12:
  και τὰς λιπαρότητας δὲ τὰς ἄνω ἐφισταμένας ἀραχνοειδέας μέμφεσθαι: ξυντήξιος γὰρ σημεῖα.
  kai tàs liparótētas dè tàs ánō ephistaménas arakhnoeidéas mémphesthai: xuntḗxios gàr sēmeîa.

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής; ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδής arakhnoeidḗs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖς arakhnoeideîs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê
Genitive	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῦς arakhnoeidoûs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῦς arakhnoeidoûs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῶν arakhnoeidôn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῶν arakhnoeidôn
Dative	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδοῖν arakhnoeidoîn	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐν arakhnoeidési(n)	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέσῐν arakhnoeidési(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖς arakhnoeideîs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδές arakhnoeidés	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖ arakhnoeideî	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδεῖς arakhnoeideîs	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῆ arakhnoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδῶς arakhnoeidôs		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέστερος arakhnoeidésteros		ᾰ̓ρᾰχνοειδέστᾰτος arakhnoeidéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: arachnoīdēs
- → English: arachnoid

References

“ἀραχνοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

ἀραχνοειδής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Descendants

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