ἀμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷʰno-. Cognates include Latin agnus, Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), and Old English ēanian (English yean).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /amnós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /amnós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /amnós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /amnós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /amnós/

Noun

ἀμνός (genitive ἀμνοῦ) m, second declension; (amnos)

1. lamb

Inflection

Second declension of ἀμνός, ἀμνοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀμνός	ἀμνώ	ἀμνοί
Genitive	ἀμνοῦ	ἀμνοῖν	ἀμνῶν
Dative	ἀμνῷ	ἀμνοῖν	ἀμνοῖς
Accusative	ἀμνόν	ἀμνώ	ἀμνούς
Vocative	ἀμνέ	ἀμνώ	ἀμνοί

Inflected forms often from ἀρήν (arēn).

Synonyms

• ὄϊς

Derived terms

• ἀμνίον (diminutive)

Related terms

• ἀμνή

References

• LSJ