agnellus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From agnus (“lamb”) + -ellus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aɡˈnel.lus/, [äŋˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aɲˈɲel.lus/, [äɲˈɲɛlːus]
Noun
[edit]agnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension
- diminutive of agnus: a little lamb, lambkin
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agnellus | agnellī |
| genitive | agnellī | agnellōrum |
| dative | agnellō | agnellīs |
| accusative | agnellum | agnellōs |
| ablative | agnellō | agnellīs |
| vocative | agnelle | agnellī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
References
[edit]- 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, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 264
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “añino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 289
Further reading
[edit]- “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.