araneosus

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

ărānĕōsus, a, um, adj. [araneum].

I Lit., full of spiders’ webs : situs, Cat. 25, 3. —

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.

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