ἀμνός

See also: αμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *abnós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Cognates include Latin agnus, Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), Old English ēanian (English yean), and Albanian enjë.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀμνός • (amnós) m (genitive ἀμνοῦ); second declension

  1. lamb

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀμνός; τοῦ ἀμνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀμνός
ho amnós 		τὼ ἀμνώ
tṑ amnṓ 		οἱ ἀμνοί
hoi amnoí
Genitive τοῦ ἀμνοῦ
toû amnoû 		τοῖν ἀμνοῖν
toîn amnoîn 		τῶν ἀμνῶν
tôn amnôn
Dative τῷ ἀμνῷ
tōî amnōî 		τοῖν ἀμνοῖν
toîn amnoîn 		τοῖς ἀμνοῖς
toîs amnoîs
Accusative τὸν ἀμνόν
tòn amnón 		τὼ ἀμνώ
tṑ amnṓ 		τοὺς ἀμνούς
toùs amnoús
Vocative ἀμνέ
amné 		ἀμνώ
amnṓ 		ἀμνοί
amnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

The inflected forms are usually taken from ἀρήν (arḗn).

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • ἀμνή (amnḗ)

Descendants

  • Greek: αμνός (amnós)

Further reading

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