English → Latin
“spider” in Latin
arāneaspider; spider's web, cobweb; threads similar to spiders' websarāneoladiminutive of arānea (“spider”); small spiderarāneusA spiderorchisorchid (flower); kind of olive
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
spider
aranea (Linn.), araneola: Of a spider, araneus: a spider’s web [Vid: COBWEB]: the spider, orchis, *ophrys aranifera (Linn.): spider-wort, *anthericum liliastrum (Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for spider?
- The usual Latin words for “spider” are arānea, arāneola, arāneus; also orchis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.