agnus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *agʷnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), Old English ēanian (English yean), and Albanian enjë. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaɲ.ɲus] === Noun === agnus m (genitive agnī, feminine agna); second declension a lamb; often used as a sacrifice Hypernym: ovis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (alternative genitive plural in -um). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: anyell Italian: agno Neapolitan: àino Old French: agne, aigne, ainne Old Galician-Portuguese: anno, añoGalician: añoPortuguese: anho Sicilian: aiuno, avuno, amuno (Calabrian) === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “agnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. agnus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “agnus” on page 97/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “agnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 266 Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “agnus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 19 == 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. The connection with Russian яглый (jaglyj, “active, energetic”) is rejected by Vasmer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɐɡˈnʊs/ === Adjective === agnùs m (feminine agni̇̀, neuter agnù) stress pattern 4 (Samogitian) agile, energetic ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== agnumas agniai === References === === Further reading === “agnus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 “agnus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026 == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡˈnus/ [ʔɐɡˈn̪ʊs] Rhymes: -us Syllabification: ag‧nus === Noun === agnús (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜈᜓᜐ᜔) alternative form of agnos