agnellus

Latin

Etymology

From agnus (“lamb”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnel.lus/, [äŋˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɲel.lus/, [äɲˈɲɛlːus]

Noun

agnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension

1. diminutive of agnus: a little lamb, lambkin

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agnellus	agnellī
Genitive	agnellī	agnellōrum
Dative	agnellō	agnellīs
Accusative	agnellum	agnellōs
Ablative	agnellō	agnellīs
Vocative	agnelle	agnellī

Derived terms

• agnella
• agnellīnus

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: njel
  • Istro-Romanian: ml'e
  • Megleno-Romanian: ńel, mń'iel
  • Romanian: miel
• Dalmatian:
  • anjial, agnial
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: agnello
  • Neapolitan: ainiello, agniello, agnieddo, aunieddo
  • Sicilian: agneddu, agnieddu, agnellu
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: agnel
  • Istriot: agnel, agnai
  • Romagnol: agnel, agneal
  • Romansch: agnè
  • Venetian: agneło, gnel
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: agnél, anyalè, anyi, ènyi, anyé
  • Old French: aignel, agnel, agniau
    • Champenois: agné
    • French: agneau
    • Norman: angné
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: anhèl
  • Old Catalan: anyell
    • Old Catalan: anyell
    • → Old Spanish: añel (Berceo)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1071: “l'agnello; gli agnelli” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “agnellus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 19
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “agnĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 264

Further reading

• “agnellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agnellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.