ἀμνός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[lamb]] (S.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀμνόα πρόβατον</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ δε ἀμνός</b> H., unreliable.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἀμνοκῶν</b> <b class="b2">stupid like a sheep</b> (<b class="b3">κοέω</b>) Taillardat, Images 453. ?<b class="b3">ἀμνοκόμος</b> (Latte for <b class="b3">-κόπος</b>). <b class="b3">ποιμήν</b> H.<br />Derivatives: Special feminine forms: <b class="b3">ἀμνή</b>, <b class="b3">-ά</b> (Cos etc..), <b class="b3">ἀμνίς</b> (Theoc.). Adj.: <b class="b3">ἀμνεῖος</b> (Theoc.); from there <b class="b3">ἀμνεῖον</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμνίον</b>, also <b class="b3">-ός</b>, <b class="b2">inner membrane surrounding the foetus</b> (Emp.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [9] <b class="b2">*h₂e\/ogʷno-</b> [[lamb]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Lat. [[agnus]] ([[avillus]]). OIr. [[ūan]] with initial <b class="b2">o-</b> (<b class="b2">*h₂o-</b>), OCS <b class="b2">agnę</b> (with long vowel and acute from Winter's Law). However OE [[ēanian]], Engl. [[yean]], Dutch [[oonen]] from PGm. <b class="b2">*aunōn</b> seems to suppose <b class="b2">-gʷʰ-</b> (but there must be another solution). <b class="b2">*o-</b> from [[ovis]]? Schrijver Lar. Lat. 39, 438.