agnellus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom agnus (“lamb”) + -ellus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aɡˈnel.lus/, [äŋˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aɲˈɲel.lus/, [äɲˈɲɛlːus]
Noun
editagnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension
- diminutive of agnus: a little lamb, lambkin
Declension
editSecond-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
editDescendants
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. Pascual (1984) “añino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes 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.