ἀμνίον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

UnknownCategory:Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies#ΑΜΝΙΟΝ. A connection with ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “to draw (milk)”) is no more than a guess.

Compare Sanskrit अमत्रक (amatraka, “drinking vessel”) and Latin ampla (“handle”) (both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em- (“to grasp”)),[1] as well as Latin sentina (“bilgewater”) (from *semH- (“to scoop”)).[2] Also see ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”), ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather, harvest”).

Noun

ἀμνῐ́ον • (amnĭ́on) n (genitive ἀμνῐ́ου)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek second-declension nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Pages with entries#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΑΜΝΙΟΝ; second declension

  1. a bowl in which the blood of sacrificed animals was caught
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From ἀμνός (amnós, “lamb”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix)Category:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον#ΑΜΝΙΟΝ.

Noun

ἀμνῐ́ον • (amnĭ́on) n (genitive ἀμνῐ́ου)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek second-declension nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Pages with entries#ΑΜΝΙΟΝCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΑΜΝΙΟΝ; second declension

  1. little lamb
Declension

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330
  2. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀμάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
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