ἀμνίον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.ní.on/ → /amˈni.on/ → /amˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈni.on/

Etymology 1

Unknown. A connection with ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “to draw (milk)”) is no more than a guess.

Compare Sanskrit अमत्रक (amatraka, “drinking vessel”) and Latin ampla (“handle”) (both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em- (“to grasp”)), as well as Latin sentina (“bilgewater”) (from *semH- (“to scoop”)). Also see ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”), ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather, harvest”).

Noun

ἀμνῐ́ον • (amníon) n (genitive ἀμνῐ́ου); second declension

1. a bowl in which the blood of sacrificed animals was caught

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon	τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō	τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου toû amníou	τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin	τῶν ἀμνῐ́ων tôn amníōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμνῐ́ῳ tôi amníōi	τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin	τοῖς ἀμνῐ́οις toîs amníois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon	τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō	τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía
Vocative	ἀμνῐ́ον amníon	ἀμνῐ́ω amníō	ἀμνῐ́ᾰ amnía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: amnion
  • → English: amnion

Etymology 2

From ἀμνός (amnós, “lamb”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Noun

ἀμνῐ́ον • (amníon) n (genitive ἀμνῐ́ου); second declension

1. little lamb

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon	τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō	τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου toû amníou	τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin	τῶν ἀμνῐ́ων tôn amníōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμνῐ́ῳ tôi amníōi	τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin	τοῖς ἀμνῐ́οις toîs amníois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon	τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō	τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía
Vocative	ἀμνῐ́ον amníon	ἀμνῐ́ω amníō	ἀμνῐ́ᾰ amnía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμνίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμνίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμνίον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)