- ἀμνός
- ἀμνόςGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `lamb' (S.).Other forms: ἀμνόα πρόβατον, οἱ δε ἀμνός H., unreliable.Compounds: ἀμνοκῶν `stupid like a sheep' (κοέω) Taillardat, Images 453. ?ἀμνοκόμος (Latte for -κόπος). ποιμήν H.Derivatives: Special feminine forms: ἀμνή, -ά (Cos etc..), ἀμνίς (Theoc.). Adj.: ἀμνεῖος (Theoc.); from there ἀμνεῖον, ἀμνίον, also -ός, `inner membrane surrounding the foetus' (Emp.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [9] *h₂e\/ogʷno- `lamb'Etymology: Identical with Lat. agnus (avillus). OIr. ūan with initial o- (*h₂o-), OCS agnę (with long vowel and acute from Winter's Law). However OE ēanian, Engl. yean, Dutch oonen from PGm. *aunōn seems to suppose -gʷʰ- (but there must be another solution). *o- from ovis? Schrijver Lar. Lat. 39, 438.Page in Frisk: 1,93-94
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.