agnellus

Latin

Etymology

The diminutive of agnus (“lamb”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈnel.lus/, [aŋˈnɛl.lʊs]

Noun

agnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension

a little lamb, lambkin

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agnellus	agnellī
Genitive	agnellī	agnellōrum
Dative	agnellō	agnellīs
Accusative	agnellum	agnellōs
Ablative	agnellō	agnellīs
Vocative	agnelle	agnellī

Derived terms

agnella
agnellīnus

Descendants

Aromanian: njel
Catalan: anyell
Dalmatian: anjial
French: agneau
Friulian: agnel
Istro-Romanian: ml'e
Italian: agnello
Megleno-Romanian: mń'iel

Norman: angné
Occitan: anhèl
Old Spanish: añel
Romanian: miel
Romansch: agnè
Sicilian: agneddu
Venetian: agneło, gnel

References

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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