ἀράχνη

A. = ἀράχνης, ἀράχνης ἐν ὑφάσματι A. Ag. 1492 (lyr.), cf. AP 11.110 (Nicarch.); αἱ λειμώνιαι ἀ. Arist. HA 555b7 (elsewh. ἀράχνης, q.v.).
II. spider's web, Hp. Cord. 10, S. Fr. 286, AP 11.106 (Lucill.).
III. ἀ. λεπταί thin lines, Gal. UP 10.12.
IV. = σφονδύλιον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.76.
V. kind of sundial, Vitr. 9.8.1.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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