ἀράχνη

arachne

spiderʼs web

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 15
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488a16
488a18
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

529b25
Book V 5
Chapter 26 555a22–26

555a24

Chapter 27 555a27–555b17

555b7
555b16

Chapter 31 556b21–557a32

557a29

Chapter 32 557b1–31

557b4
Book VIII 3
Chapter 4 594a4–24

594a14
594a15

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602a28
Book IX 4
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609a29
609a30

Chapter 39 622b27–623b4

623a30

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

623b14
Physics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 198b10–199b33

199a22
199a27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀράχνη, ἡ, 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. spiderʼs 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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