agnus
Latin

agnus (a lamb)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), and Old English ēanian (English yean).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaɡ.nus/, [ˈaŋ.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɲus/, [ˈaɲ.ɲus]
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Noun
agnus m (genitive agnī); second declension
- a lamb, especially one used as a sacrifice
- Villa abundat porco, haedo, agno.
- The farm abounds in pigs, young goats and lambs.
- Ecce Agnus Dei.
- Behold the Lamb of God.
Inflection
Second declension, with contracted genitive plural.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | agnus | agnī |
Genitive | agnī | agnōrum agnum1 |
Dative | agnō | agnīs |
Accusative | agnum | agnōs |
Ablative | agnō | agnīs |
Vocative | agne | agnī |
1Contraction found in poetry.
Derived terms
References
- agnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- agnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- agnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- agnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- agnus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “agnus” on page 97/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Lithuanian
Etymology
A verbal adjective from an unattested root *ag- ("to drive"), paralleled by Old Irish án (“quick”) < *ag-nos, Sanskrit अजिर (ajirá-, “agile, quick”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”); compare Old Irish aigid, Sanskrit अजति (ajati). The Lithuanian form appears to have undergone depalatalization before the nasal.[1]
The connection with Russian яглый (jaglyj, “active, energetic”) is rejected by Vasmer.[2]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɐɡˈnʊs/
Declension
non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of agnus
positive degree | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
neuter | agnù | ||||
masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | agnùs | ãgnūs | agnì | ãgnios | |
genitive | agnaũs | agnių̃ | agniõs | agnių̃ | |
dative | agniám | agníems | ãgniai | agnióms | |
accusative | ãgnų | agniùs | ãgnią | agniàs | |
instrumental | agniù | agniaĩs | agnià | agniomìs | |
locative | agniamè | agniuosè | agniojè | agniosè | |
vocative | agnùs | ãgnūs | agnì | ãgnios | |
comparative degree | |||||
neuter | agniaũ | ||||
masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | agnèsnis | agnesnì | agnèsnė | agnèsnės | |
genitive | agnèsnio | agnesnių̃ | agnesnė̃s | agnesnių̃ | |
dative | agnesniám | agnesníems | agnèsnei | agnesnė̃ms | |
accusative | agnèsnį | agnesniùs | agnèsnę | agnesnès | |
instrumental | agnesniù | agnesniaĩs | agnesnè | agnesnėmìs | |
locative | agnesniamè | agnesniuosè | agnèsnėje | agnesnėsè | |
superlative degree | |||||
neuter | agniáusia | ||||
masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | agniáusias | agniáusi | agniáusia | agniáusios | |
genitive | agniáusio | agniáusių | agniáusios | agniáusių | |
dative | agniáusiam | agniáusiems | agniáusiai | agniáusioms | |
accusative | agniáusią | agniáusius | agniáusią | agniáusias | |
instrumental | agniáusiu | agniáusiais | agniáusia | agniáusiomis | |
locative | agniáusiame | agniáusiuose | agniáusioje | agniáusiose |
pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of agnus
positive degree | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | agnùsis | agníeji | agnióji | ãgniosios | |
genitive | ãgniojo | agnių̃jų | agniõsios | agnių̃jų | |
dative | agniájam | agníesiems | ãgniajai | agniósioms | |
accusative | ãgnųjį | agniúosius | ãgniąją | agnią́sias | |
instrumental | agniúoju | agniaĩsiais | agnią́ja | agniõsiomis | |
locative | agniãjame | agniuõsiuose | agniõjoje | agniõsiose | |
vocative | agnùsis | agníeji | agnióji | ãgniosios | |
comparative degree | |||||
masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | agnesnỹsis | agnesníeji | agnesnióji | agnèsniosios | |
genitive | agnèsniojo | agnesnių̃jų | agnesniõsios | agnesnių̃jų | |
dative | agnesniájam | agnesníesiems | agnèsniajai | agnesniósioms | |
accusative | agnèsnįjį | agnesniúosius | agnèsniąją | agnesnią́sias | |
instrumental | agnesniúoju | agnesniaĩsiais | agnesnią́ja | agnesniõsiomis | |
locative | agnesniãjame | agnesniuõsiuose | agnesniõjoje | agnesniõsiose | |
superlative degree | |||||
masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
nominative | agniáusiasis | agniáusieji | agniáusioji | agniáusiosios | |
genitive | agniáusiojo | agniáusiųjų | agniáusiosios | agniáusiųjų | |
dative | agniáusiajam | agniáusiesiems | agniáusiajai | agniáusiosioms | |
accusative | agniáusiąjį | agniáusiuosius | agniáusiąją | agniáusiąsias | |
instrumental | agniáusiuoju | agniáusiaisiais | agniáusiąja | agniáusiosiomis | |
locative | agniáusiajame | agniáusiuosiuose | agniáusiojoje | agniáusiosiose |
Derived terms
- agnumas
References
- Jurij Vladimirovič Otkupščikov (1967) Iz istorii indojevropejskovo slovoobrazovanija [From the History of Indo-European Word Formation], page 227
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “яглый”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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