agnellus

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Latin

Etymology

From agnus (“lamb”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

agnellus m (genitive agnellī); second declension

  1. diminutive of agnus: a little lamb, lambkin

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative agnellus agnellī
genitive agnellī agnellōrum
dative agnellō agnellīs
accusative agnellum agnellōs
ablative agnellō agnellīs
vocative agnelle agnellī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “añino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 289

Further reading

  • “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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