ἀρήν

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *warḗn, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”). Cognates include Latin vervēx (“wether”), Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa) and Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ρήν • (arḗn) m or f (genitive ᾰ̓ρνός); third declension

  1. a lamb
  2. a sheep, whether ram or ewe
  3. (in the plural) shunted ears of wheat

Inflection

The nominative is only found in early inscriptions, the inflected forms being used in later Greek for ἀμνός (amnós).

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓ρήν; τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓ρνός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓ρήν
ho, hē arḗn 		τὼ ἄρνε
tṑ árne 		οἱ, αἱ ἄρνες
hoi, hai árnes
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓ρνός
toû, tês arnós 		τοῖν ἀρνοῖν
toîn arnoîn 		τῶν ἀρνῶν
tôn arnôn
Dative τῷ, τῇ ᾰ̓ρνῐ́
tôi, têi arní 		τοῖν ἀρνοῖν
toîn arnoîn 		τοῖς, ταῖς ᾰ̓ρνᾰ́σῐ / ᾰ̓ρνᾰ́σῐν / ἄρνεσσῐ / ἄρνεσσῐν
toîs, taîs arnási(n) / árnessi(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν ἄρνα
tòn, tḕn árna 		τὼ ἄρνε
tṑ árne 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἄρνας
toùs, tā̀s árnas
Vocative ᾰ̓ρήν
arḗn 		ἄρνε
árne 		ἄρνες
árnes
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References

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

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