agnellus

Latin

Etymology

The diminutive of agnus (“lamb”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnel.lus/, [aŋˈnɛl̠.l̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɲel.lus/, [aɲˈɲɛl.lus]

Noun

agnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension

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

• Aromanian: njel
• Catalan: anyell
• Dalmatian: anjial
• French: agneau
• Friulian: agnel
• Istro-Romanian: ml'e
• Italian: agnello
• Megleno-Romanian: mń'iel

• Norman: angné
• Occitan: anhèl
• Old Spanish: añel
• Romanian: miel
• Romansch: agnè
• Sicilian: agneḍḍu
• Venetian: agneło, gnel

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