Pallas; epithet used to describe Minerva, derived from pallo, to leap forth and pallax, a maiden
Canos; white, comes from canus
Aetas; nom or voc sing, lifetime, metonymically means generation
Sperne; present active imperative of spernere, reject
Lanae; lana, -ae f.1, wool
Temeraria; vocative feminine singular of temerarius (adj), rash, used to describe Arachne
Torvis; torvus, a, um (adj), savage, harsh
Mygdonidesque; from Mygdonia- a territory that was part of Ancient Thrace, Phrygian women
Purpureus; nominative masculine singular, purple
Aurora; Goddess of the morning
Palmae; symbol of victory
Ruit; to hurry, from ruo, ruere, ruit, rutum
Certamina; competition, used in this context for the weaving competition
Stamine; warp of a loom
Radiis; rod
Secernit; seperate
Subtemen; the horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
Cinctaeque; PPP of cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctum, having been surrounded
Studio fallente laborem; this is the motto of the "London Institution", a scientific research school
Tyrium; city in Lebanon, famous for its purple-dyed colors which are made through crushing sea shells
Lumina; literal definition: light, poetic definition: eye
Deducitur; woven