agna

See also: ägna

Contents

Latin

Etymology 1

From agnus (“lamb”).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

1. A ewe lamb.

Inflection

Note that the ablative plural has the alternative form agnabus. First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agna	agnae
Genitive	agnae	agnārum
Dative	agnae	agnīs
Accusative	agnam	agnās
Ablative	agnā	agnīs
Vocative	agna	agnae

Derived terms

• agnella
• agnicula

 

Related terms

• agnellus
• agniculus
• agnīna

• agnīnus
• agnus

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare English awn, Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

agna f (genitive agnae); first declension

1. A blade, straw; ear of grain.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agna	agnae
Genitive	agnae	agnārum
Dative	agnae	agnīs
Accusative	agnam	agnās
Ablative	agnā	agnīs
Vocative	agna	agnae

References

• agna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• agna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• agna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Swedish

Pronunciation

•  IPA^(key): /aŋna/

Verb

agna (present agnar, preterite agnade, supine agnat, imperative agna)

1. to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool

Conjugation

Conjugation of agna (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	agna	agnas
Present tense	agnar	agnas
Past tense	agnade	agnades
Supine	agnat	agnats
Imperative	agna	—
Present participle	agnande
Past participle	agnad