ἀμνίον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.ní.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈni.on/
Etymology 1
Unknown. A connection with ἀμάομαι (amáomai, “to draw (milk)”) is no more than a guess.
Noun
ἀμνῐ́ον • (amníon) n (genitive ἀμνῐ́ου); second declension
- bowl in which the blood of victims was caught
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon | τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō | τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου toû amníou | τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin | τῶν ἀμνῐ́ων tôn amníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀμνῐ́ῳ tôi amníōi | τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin | τοῖς ἀμνῐ́οις toîs amníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon | τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō | τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀμνῐ́ον amníon | ἀμνῐ́ω amníō | ἀμνῐ́ᾰ amnía | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
From ἀμνός (amnós, “lamb”) + -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).
Noun
ἀμνῐ́ον • (amníon) n (genitive ἀμνῐ́ου); second declension
- little lamb
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon | τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō | τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀμνῐ́ου toû amníou | τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin | τῶν ἀμνῐ́ων tôn amníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀμνῐ́ῳ tôi amníōi | τοῖν ἀμνῐ́οιν toîn amníoin | τοῖς ἀμνῐ́οις toîs amníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀμνῐ́ον tò amníon | τὼ ἀμνῐ́ω tṑ amníō | τᾰ̀ ἀμνῐ́ᾰ tà amnía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀμνῐ́ον amníon | ἀμνῐ́ω amníō | ἀμνῐ́ᾰ amnía | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀμνίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμνίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμνίον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN