Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Arachne

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ARACH'NE. A particular kind of sun-dial, which is naturally believed to have received its name from a resemblance to the spider's web produced by the hour lines intersecting the circles of the equator and tropics, described upon it; but of which no ancient specimen has been discovered. Vitruv. ix. 8.