agnellus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: njel
    • Istro-Romanian: ml'e
    • Megleno-Romanian: ńel, mń'iel
    • Romanian: miel
  • Dalmatian:
  • 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:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “añino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 289

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.
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