ἀμνός

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A lamb, S.Fr.751, Ar.Av.1559; ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους lambs in temper, Id.Pax935: metaph., ὁ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ Ev.Jo.1.36: fem. (cf. ἀμνή, ἀμνίς), Theoc.5.144,149, AP5.205.—Oblique casesusu. formed from ἀρήν, q. v. (For ἀβνός, i.e. agynos, cf. Lat. agnus.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 126] ὁ, agnus, Lamm, Ar. Av. 1559, auch ἡ, Theocr. 5, 144; ἀμνὸς τοὺς τρόπους P. 901. Die Alten leiten es meist von ἀμένος, schwach, ab.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμνός: ὁ, ὡς καὶ παρ’ ἡμῖν, ἀρνίον, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 708, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρ. 1559· ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους, δηλ. τὴν διάθεσιν, «σὰν ἀρνάκια», Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 935: ὡς θηλ. ἐν Θεοκρ. 5. 144. 149, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 205· ― ἂν καὶ ἔχομεν «ὡσαύτως διὰ τὸ θηλ. ἀμνὴ ἢ ἀμνίς. ― Αἱ πλάγιαι πτώσεις σπανίως εὑρίσκονται, ἀντ’ αὐτῶν δὲ εἶναι ἐν χρήσει ἀρνός, ἀρνί, ἄρνα, κτλ., ἴδε ἐν λέξ ἀρνός. Ὁ Κούρτιος ὑπολαμβάνει ὅτι τὸ μ ἐν τῷ ἀμνὸς παριστάνει τὸ F ἐν τῷ ὄϊς (ὄFις), Λατ. ovis. Σανσκρ. avis, ἀλλ’ ἀμφιβάλλει ἂν ἡ Λατ. λέξ. agnus παρήχθη ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης).

French (Bailly abrégé)

(ὁ, ἡ)
agneau ; ἡ ἀμνός agneau femelle, agnelle, animal.
Étymologie: DELG cf. lat. agnus.

Spanish (DGE)

-οῦ, ὁ

• Morfología: [ἡ ἀ. Theoc.5.144, AP 5.205]
cordero S.Fr.751, Ar.Au.1559, Achae.14, Autocr.3 (cód.), Arist.Fr.507, SEG 25.166.5 (Ática IV a.C.), Theoc.5.24, 144, 149, 8.14, Arat.1106, SIG 1024.9 (III a.C.), Nic.Al.151, Ph.1.602, LXX Ge.30.40, Nu.6.12, 29.23, Le.9.3, 12.6, AP 5.205, 6.282 (Theodorus), Ael.NA 4.15, Poll.7.184, Ael.Dion.α 99, Paus.Gr.α 89, Eust.1627.12
•fig. ref. a la mansedumbre de carácter ἐσόμεθ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους Ar.Pax 935
•del Cordero de Dios ἴδε ὁ Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου Eu.Io.1.29, cf. 1.36, Nonn.Par.Eu.Io.1.29, 1.36, PBerol.inv.1163.23 (V/VI d.C.) en AfP 21.1971.63.

• Etimología: De *H2og^u̯(h)nós, cf. lat. agnus, aesl. (j)agnę, aingl. ēnian, airl. ūan, etc.

English (Strong)

apparently a primary word; a lamb: lamb.

English (Thayer)

(οῦ, ὁ (from Sophocles and Aristophanes down), a lamb: τοῦ θεοῦ, consecrated to God, ἀρνίον.