Arachne, The name of a woman, which first inuented spinning of lynnen, and making of Nettes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ărachnē, ēs, f., = *)ara/xnh (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, = *)ara/xneia, like Calliopēa from Calliope, Manil. 4, 135).— II. Arachne, a kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 9.