Arachne

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ărachnē, ēs, f., = Ἀράχνη (a spider).

I Myth., a Lydian maiden , who challenged Minerva to a trial of skill in spinning , and , as a punishment , was changed by the goddess into a spider , Ov. M. 6, 5 sq. (another form, Ărachnēa , ae, = Ἀράχνεια, like Calliopēa from Calliope, Manil. 4, 135).—

II Arachne, a kind of sundial , Vitr. 9, 9.