ἀμνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lamb]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>751</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1559</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους</b> [[lambs]] in temper, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>935</span>: metaph., ὁ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>1.36</span>: fem. (cf. <b class="b3">ἀμνή, ἀμνίς</b>), <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.144</span>,<span class="bibl">149</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.205.—Oblique casesusu. formed from <b class="b3">ἀρήν</b>, q. v. (For <b class="b3">ἀβνός</b>, i.e. [[agynos]], cf. Lat. [[agnus]].) </span>

|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> [[stupid like a sheep]] (<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>, [[inner membrane surrounding the foetus]] (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.