agnus
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
agnus: i, m. (
I gen. plur. agnūm, Porc. Licin. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13) [cf. ἀμνός, which Benfey connects with ὄϊς = Sanscr. avis; Lith. ávinas = sheep, a lamb, usually for sacrifice: TERTIA. SPOLIA. IANO. QVIRINO. AGNOM. MAREM. CAEDITO, from an ancient law (of Numa?), in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 190: IVNONI. CRINIBVS. DEMISSIS. AGNAM. FEMINAM. CAEDITO., from a law of Numa in Gell. 4, 33, and Fest. s. v. pellices, p. 121: jam ego te hic agnum faciam et medium distruncabo, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 54; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4 al.: agnus absque maculā, Vulg. Exod. 12, 5: agnos immaculatos, ib. Lev. 14, 10: villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Div. 2, 11, 39; Ov. M. 7, 320; Hor. C. 3, 18, 13: ara avet immolato Spargier agno, id. ib. 4, 11, 8 al.—Prov.: Agnum lupo eripere velle, to wish to rescue a lamb from a wolf, i. e. to wish what is impossible, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—Eccl. Lat., of Christ: quasi agni immaculati Christi, Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 19: Ecce Agnus Dei, ib. Joan. 1, 29: ceciderunt coram Agno, ib. Apoc. 5, 8 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
agnus,¹¹ ī, m., agneau : [sens collectif] villa abundat agno Cic. CM 56, la ferme a de l’agneau (des agneaux) en abondance ; [prov.] lupo agnum eripere postulant Pl. Pœn. 776, ils veulent enlever l’agneau de la gueule du loup [ils tentent l’impossible].
dans l’anc. langue le mot était des deux genres, masc. et fém. [ P. Fest. 6 ] ; il s’était conservé ainsi dans la langue des sacrifices ( Fest. 286 ).
Latin > German (Georges)
agnus, ī, m. (urspr. wie ἀμνός, masc. u. fem., dah. in der alten Opferspr. haec agnus b. Fest. p. 286 in v. Recto fronte), das (männl.) Lamm, Bocklamm, agnus mas, Vet. lex Numae: agnus mas idemque femina, ein Zwitter, Liv.: agnus candidus, Lact.: kollekt., abundare agno, Cic. de sen. 56. – Sprichw., lupo agnum eripere postulant (für: »verlangen etwas Unmögliches«), Plaut. Poen. 776.
