agnellus

Latin

Etymology

From agnus (“lamb”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnel.lus/, [äŋˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɲel.lus/, [äɲˈɲɛlːus]

Noun

agnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension (Diminutive of agnus)

1. a little lamb, lambkin

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agnellus	agnellī
Genitive	agnellī	agnellōrum
Dative	agnellō	agnellīs
Accusative	agnellum	agnellōs
Ablative	agnellō	agnellīs
Vocative	agnelle	agnellī

Derived terms

• agnella
• agnellīnus

 

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: njel
  • Istro-Romanian: ml'e
  • Megleno-Romanian: mń'iel
  • Romanian: miel
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: anjial, agnial
  • Italian: agnello
  • Sicilian: agneddu
• Old French: aignel, agnel, agniau
  • French: agneau
  • Champenois: agné
  • Norman: angné
• Old Occitan: [Term?]
  • Catalan: anyell
  • Occitan: anhèl
  • → Old Spanish: añel
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: agnel
  • Romansch: agnè
• Venetian: agneło, gnel
• Ibero-Romance
  • Mozarabic
    • >? Arabic: اَوْنَالّه‎ (aunellu)
    • >? Hebrew: אונאֵללו‎ (aunellu)

References

• agnellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agnellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “agnĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 240, page 264
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “agnellus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 19