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agnus

LatinEdit

 
agnus (a lamb)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), Old English ēanian (English yean), and Albanian enjë.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaɡ.nus/, [ˈäŋnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaɲ.ɲus/, [ˈäɲːus]
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NounEdit

agnus m (genitive agnī); second declension

  1. a lamb, especially one used as a sacrifice
    Agnus absque maculā.
    A lamb without blemish.
    Villa abundat porco, haedo, agno.
    The farm abounds in pigs, young goats and lambs.
    Ecce Agnus Dei.
    Behold the Lamb of God.

DeclensionEdit

Second-declension noun (contracted genitive plural).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agnus agnī
Genitive agnī agnōrum
agnum1
Dative agnō agnīs
Accusative agnum agnōs
Ablative agnō agnīs
Vocative agne agnī

1Contraction found in poetry.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Galician: año
  • Italian: agno
  • Mozarabic:
    Arabic: اَوْنَالّه‎ (aunellu)
    Hebrew: אונאֵללו‎ (aunellu)
  • Portuguese: anho

ReferencesEdit

  • agnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • agnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • agnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • agnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • agnus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “agnus” on page 97/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

A verbal adjective from an unattested root *ag- ("to drive"), paralleled by Old Irish án (“quick”) < *ag-nos, Sanskrit अजिर (ajirá-, “agile, quick”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”); compare Old Irish aigid, Sanskrit अजति (ajati). The Lithuanian form appears to have undergone depalatalization before the nasal.[1]

The connection with Russian яглый (jaglyj, “active, energetic”) is rejected by Vasmer.[2]

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /ɐɡˈnʊs/

AdjectiveEdit

agnùs m (feminine agnì, neuter agnù) stress pattern 4

  1. (Samogitian) agile, energetic

DeclensionEdit

Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of agnus
positive degree
neuter agnù
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative agnùs ãgnūs agnì ãgnios
genitive agnaũs agnių̃ agniõs agnių̃
dative agniám agníems ãgniai agnióms
accusative ãgnų agniùs ãgnią agniàs
instrumental agniù agniaĩs agnià agniomìs
locative agniamè agniuosè agniojè agniosè
vocative agnùs ãgnūs agnì ãgnios
comparative degree
neuter agniaũ
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative agnèsnis agnesnì agnèsnė agnèsnės
genitive agnèsnio agnesnių̃ agnesnė̃s agnesnių̃
dative agnesniám agnesníems agnèsnei agnesnė̃ms
accusative agnèsnį agnesniùs agnèsnę agnesnès
instrumental agnesniù agnesniaĩs agnesnè agnesnėmìs
locative agnesniamè agnesniuosè agnèsnėje agnesnėsè
superlative degree
neuter agniáusia
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative agniáusias agniáusi agniáusia agniáusios
genitive agniáusio agniáusių agniáusios agniáusių
dative agniáusiam agniáusiems agniáusiai agniáusioms
accusative agniáusią agniáusius agniáusią agniáusias
instrumental agniáusiu agniáusiais agniáusia agniáusiomis
locative agniáusiame agniáusiuose agniáusioje agniáusiose
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of agnus
positive degree
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative agnùsis agníeji agnióji ãgniosios
genitive ãgniojo agnių̃jų agniõsios agnių̃jų
dative agniájam agníesiems ãgniajai agniósioms
accusative ãgnųjį agniúosius ãgniąją agnią́sias
instrumental agniúoju agniaĩsiais agnią́ja agniõsiomis
locative agniãjame agniuõsiuose agniõjoje agniõsiose
vocative agnùsis agníeji agnióji ãgniosios
comparative degree
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative agnesnỹsis agnesníeji agnesnióji agnèsniosios
genitive agnèsniojo agnesnių̃jų agnesniõsios agnesnių̃jų
dative agnesniájam agnesníesiems agnèsniajai agnesniósioms
accusative agnèsnįjį agnesniúosius agnèsniąją agnesnią́sias
instrumental agnesniúoju agnesniaĩsiais agnesnią́ja agnesniõsiomis
locative agnesniãjame agnesniuõsiuose agnesniõjoje agnesniõsiose
superlative degree
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative agniáusiasis agniáusieji agniáusioji agniáusiosios
genitive agniáusiojo agniáusiųjų agniáusiosios agniáusiųjų
dative agniáusiajam agniáusiesiems agniáusiajai agniáusiosioms
accusative agniáusiąjį agniáusiuosius agniáusiąją agniáusiąsias
instrumental agniáusiuoju agniáusiaisiais agniáusiąja agniáusiosiomis
locative agniáusiajame agniáusiuosiuose agniáusiojoje agniáusiosiose

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Jurij Vladimirovič Otkupščikov (1967) Iz istorii indojevropejskovo slovoobrazovanija [From the History of Indo-European Word Formation], page 227
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “яглый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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