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agnus

lamb

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Oratio Consulis Ausonii Versibus Rhopalicis 1 · 47.39/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 36.9/10k
Phocion 1 · 18.76/10k
Medicamina faciei femineae 1 · 16.31/10k
Antoninus Geta 2 · 16.26/10k
Eclogues 5 · 11.02/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 5 · 4.56/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Aulularia 2 · 2.9/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k

Densest 12 of 54 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. agnus — de Vaan

agnus 'lamb' [m. o] (Cato+) Derivatives: avillus (Paul, ex F.)9 agnellus 'young lamb*, ambiegnus (Varro; ambegnus Paul, ex F.) 'sacrificial animal which is flanked on both sides by lambs*. Pit. *agwno- [m.] 'lamb*, dim. *agwnelo-. PIE *h2egw-no- 'lamb*. IE cognates: Olr. uan, W. oen, OCo. oin, Bret, oan 'lamb' < *Hogwno-9 Gr. αμνός < *h2egwno-9 OCS agn? [n. nt] , ORu. jagnja9 SCr. jagne [n.] 'Iamb' < *h2egw-n-ent-; … — [de Vaan, s.v. agnus, p. 44]

2. agnus — Lewis & Short

agnus, i, m. (

I gen. plur. agnūm, Porc. Licin. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13) [cf. a)mno/s, which Benfey connects with o)/i+s = Sanscr. avis; Lith. ávinas = sheep], a lamb, usually for sacrifice: TERTIA. SPOLIA. IANO. QVIRINO. AGNOM. MAREM. CAEDITO, from an ancient law (of Numa?), in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 190: IVNONI. CRINIBVS. DEMISSIS. AGNAM. FEMINAM. CAEDITO., from a law of Numa in Gell. 4, 33, and Fest. s. v. pellices, p. 121: jam ego te hic agnum faciam et medium distruncabo, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 54; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4 al.: agnus absque maculā, Vulg. Exod. 12, 5: agnos immaculatos, ib. Lev. 14, 10: villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Div. 2, 11, 39; Ov. M. 7, 320; Hor. C. 3, 18, 13: ara avet immolato Spargier agno, id. ib. 4, 11, 8 al.—Prov.: Agnum lupo eripere velle, to wish to rescue a lamb from a wolf, i. e. to wish what is impossible, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—Eccl. Lat., of Christ: quasi agni immaculati Christi, Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 19: Ecce Agnus Dei, ib. Joan. 1, 29: ceciderunt coram Agno, ib. Apoc. 5, 8 al.

3. agnus — Walde–Hofmann

agnus, -3 m, (alt. auch f£, vgl. Fest. 286 und zu agnus femina Specht KZ. 55, 17), agna, -ae t „Lamm“ (beide seit Cato, rom.; Demin. agnellus „Lämmchen“ seit Plaut, rom., sptl. agniculus -a, agnicellus ognicellulus; agninus ,làmmern* seit Plaut, rom.): = gr. óuvóc m. f., áuvf f. „Lamm“ (aus *àf-, idg. *ag*nós); urk. *ognos, idg. *og*hwos in air. dan, kymr. oen, akorn. oin, bret. oan „Lamm“; ags. Eanian, engl. to … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. agnus, p. 55]

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. agnus (scan p. 44; entry #20). Root candidates: *agwno-, *agwnelo-, *agwnlo-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. agnus (scan p. 39; entry #285).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. agnus (scan p. 55; entry #132). Root candidates: *quna-, *azune-, *abnino-.

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