ἀρνειός

See also: ἄρνειος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.neː.ós/ → /ar.niˈos/ → /ar.niˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.neː.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.niˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.niˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.niˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.niˈos/

Noun

ἀρνειός • (arneiós) m (genitive ἀρνειοῦ); second declension

1. ram, wether

   Synonym: κρῑός (krīós)

2. (Byzantine) lamb

   Synonyms: ἀμνός (amnós), ἀρνίον (arníon)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀρνειός; τοῦ ἀρνειοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρνειός ho arneiós	τὼ ἀρνειώ tṑ arneiṓ	οἱ ἀρνειοί hoi arneioí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρνειοῦ toû arneioû	τοῖν ἀρνειοῖν toîn arneioîn	τῶν ἀρνειῶν tôn arneiôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρνειῷ tôi arneiôi	τοῖν ἀρνειοῖν toîn arneioîn	τοῖς ἀρνειοῖς toîs arneioîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀρνειόν tòn arneión	τὼ ἀρνειώ tṑ arneiṓ	τοὺς ἀρνειούς toùs arneioús
Vocative	ἀρνειέ arneié	ἀρνειώ arneiṓ	ἀρνειοί arneioí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀρνειός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀρνειός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρνειός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀρνειός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀρνειός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἀρνειός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press