Aranea, aráneæ, pen. cor. f. g. Ouid.A cobwebbe.Aranea.Virg.A spider.Aranea relas exercet.Ouid.Maketh cobwebbes.Filum pede deducit aranea.Ouid.Weaueth his webbe.Casles suspendit aranea.Virg.Hangeth her ginnes. Aranea, Aliter. Plin. Salicis fructus ante maturitatem in araneam abit. The downe comming of willowe blossomes.Arida aranea, Iuuenal. Araneus, aranei, etiam m. g. Plin. A spider.Aranei tenuia fila. Lucret. Est & araneus marinum animal. Plin. Araneus mus. Plin. A verinine in Italy, whose biting is benenious.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ărānĕa, ae, f. [a)ra/xnh]. I.A spider: aranearum perdere texturam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 24: antiquas exercet aranea telas, Ov. M. 6, 145: tela aranearum, Vulg. Job, 8, 14; so ib. Isa. 59, 5; ib. Osee, 8, 6: araneae textura, Sen. Ep. 121: invisa Minervae aranea, Verg. G. 4, 247: anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur, Vulg. Psa. 89, 10.—II.Meton.A.A spider's web, cobweb: (aedes) oppletae araneis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 6: ut aranea bratteaque auri, Lucr. 4, 727: arcula plena aranearum, Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. tanne, p. 154 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 217 Rib.): Catulli Plenus sacculus est aranearum, Cat. 13, 8: summo quae pendet aranea tigno, Ov. M. 4, 179; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 158.—B. Also, for threads similar to spiders' webs: salicis fructus ante maturitatem in araneam abit, Plin. 24, 9, 37, 56.