ἀρνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb, sheep”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀρνίον • (arníon) n (genitive ἀρνίου); second declension

  1. little ram, little lamb
    • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Diogeiton 21
    • 4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 150.4
  2. sheep-skin, fleece

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀρνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἀρνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἀρνῐ́ον
tò arnĭ́on 		τὼ ἀρνῐ́ω
tṑ arnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἀρνῐ́ᾰ
tằ arnĭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ ἀρνῐ́ου
toû arnĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἀρνῐ́οιν
toîn arnĭ́oin 		τῶν ἀρνῐ́ων
tôn arnĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἀρνῐ́ῳ
tōî arnĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἀρνῐ́οιν
toîn arnĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἀρνῐ́οις
toîs arnĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἀρνῐ́ον
tò arnĭ́on 		τὼ ἀρνῐ́ω
tṑ arnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἀρνῐ́ᾰ
tằ arnĭ́ă
Vocative ἀρνῐ́ον
arnĭ́on 		ἀρνῐ́ω
arnĭ́ō 		ἀρνῐ́ᾰ
arnĭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ἀρνίν (arnín)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀρήν, ἀρνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

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