aranea

See also: Aranea

Interlingua

Noun

aranea (plural araneas)

spider

Latin

Etymology

Either from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē) (or a byform *ἀράχνεα (*arákhnea)), through an early intermediate like *aragnea, or from the same unknown source. Due to phonetic difficulties, the latter scenario may be more likely.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈraː.ne.a/, [äˈräːneä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈra.ne.a/, [äˈräːneä]

Noun

arānea f (genitive arāneae); first declension

spider
Synonym: arāneus
spider's web, cobweb
Synonym: arāneum
(figuratively) threads similar to spiders' webs

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arānea	arāneae
genitive	arāneae	arāneārum
dative	arāneae	arāneīs
accusative	arāneam	arāneās
ablative	arāneā	arāneīs
vocative	arānea	arāneae

Derived terms

arāneans
arāneola (“small spider”)
arāneolus
arāneōsus (“cobwebby, full of cobwebs”)
arāneus

Related terms

arāneum

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: arãnji, rãnji
- Megleno-Romanian: rănă
- Romanian: râie
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: aragna
- Italian: aragna, ragna
- Neapolitan:
  Apulian: aragna, regna
- Sicilian: rugna
  Calabrian: ragna
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  - Campidanese: arangia, arrungia, rungia, orrungia
  - Logudorese: ranza, runza
North Italian:
- Emilian: râgna
- Friulian: rogne
- Gallo-Italic of Sicily: raja
- Ligurian: ägna
  Monegasque: aragna
  
  Western: ragna
- Romagnol: râgna
- Venetan: rogna
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: aranya
  - Catalan: aranya, ronya
- Old Occitan: aranha, eranha
  - Occitan: aranha
- Franco-Provençal: aragne
- Old French: araigne, ireigne, roigne
  - Middle French: araigne, hyraigne, rongne
    - French: aragne, araigne, rogne
  - Gallo: irâgne
  - Lorrain: airaigne
  - Poitevin-Saintongeais: éregne, érogne, aregne, iragne, urogne
  - Picard: aronne
  - Walloon: araegne
  - → Middle English: arayne
    - English: arran, arrand (dialectal, obsolete)
- ⇒ Old French: areignee
  - Middle French: araignee
    - French: araignée
      - Haitian Creole: areye, zariyen
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: araina
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: araña
- Old Galician-Portuguese: aranna
  - Fala: araña
  - Galician: araña
  - Portuguese: aranha
    - Kabuverdianu: aranha
    - Papiamentu: araña
- Old Spanish: aranna
  - Ladino: aranya
  - Spanish: araña
Borrowings:
- → Old English: renġe
- → Esperanto: araneo
- → Interlingua: aranea

References

“aranea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aranea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aranea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
aranea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.