adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
arāneōsus
arāneōsus (feminine arāneōsa, neuter arāneōsum)
Classical[a.raː.neˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.ra.neˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectiveFull of cobwebs or spider's webs.
- adjectiveSimilar to cobwebs; cobwebby.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arāneōsus | arāneōsa | arāneōsum |
| genitive | arāneōsī | arāneōsae | arāneōsī |
| dative | arāneōsō | arāneōsae | arāneōsō |
| accusative | arāneōsum | arāneōsam | arāneōsum |
| ablative | arāneōsō | arāneōsā | arāneōsō |
| vocative | arāneōse | arāneōsa | arāneōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | arāneōsī | arāneōsae | arāneōsa |
| genitive | arāneōsōrum | arāneōsārum | arāneōsōrum |
| dative | arāneōsīs | arāneōsīs | arāneōsīs |
| accusative | arāneōsōs | arāneōsās | arāneōsa |
| ablative | arāneōsīs | arāneōsīs | arāneōsīs |
| vocative | arāneōsī | arāneōsae | arāneōsa |
ărānĕōsus, a, um, adj. araneum.
II. Meton., similar to cobwebs:
fila, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65: caulis araneosus in mandendo, id. 21, 15, 51, § 87: lanugo, id. 24, 12, 66, § 108 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
arāneōsus adj.,
full of spiders' webs. Situs, Ct.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin arāneōsus From arānea (“spider; cobweb”) + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Englisharaneous
In English words that came into English from arāneōsus
- araneousarāneōsus