ἀμνός
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
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).
