Noun: agnus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Genitive
| Singular | agnī |
| Plural | agnōrum; agnum |
Accusative
| Singular | agnum |
| Plural | agnōs |
Sample Sentences
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vīllaque[…]abundat porcō, haedō, agnō (The farm abounds in pigs, young goats and lambs.) [44 BCE, Cicero, Cato maior de senectute 16.56]
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Agnus absque maculā. (A lamb without blemish.) [Vulgata—Exodus 12.5]
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Ecce Agnus Deī. (Behold the Lamb of God.) [Vulgata—Evangelium Joannis 1.29]
Nouns inflected like agnus
digitus,
agnus,
nūmus,
tritavus,
servulus,
abavus,
atavus,
nummus,
proavus,
avus,
Etymology
1. From Proto-Italic *agʷnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).
2. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), Old English ēanian (English yean), and Albanian enjë. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀμνός', Old English Nouns '
ēanian'.
Verbs referencing "agnus"
Galician Nouns
año, Spanish Nouns
cordero, Ancient Greek Nouns
ἀμνός, Portuguese Nouns
anho, Romanian Nouns
miță, Italian Nouns
agno, Romanian Nouns
agneț.
Translations