ἄρνειος

ἄρνειος

See also: ἀρνειός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.neː.os/ → /ˈar.ni.os/ → /ˈar.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.neː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ni.os/

Adjective

ἄρνειος • (árneios) m (feminine ἀρνείᾱ, neuter ἄρνειον); first/second declension

1. of a lamb or sheep, ovine

Declension

First and second declension of ἄρνειος; ἀρνείᾱ; ἄρνειον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄρνειος árneios	ἀρνείᾱ arneíā	ἄρνειον árneion		ἀρνείω arneíō	ἀρνείᾱ arneíā	ἀρνείω arneíō		ἄρνειοι árneioi	ἄρνειαι árneiai	ἄρνειᾰ árneia
Genitive		ἀρνείου arneíou	ἀρνείᾱς arneíās	ἀρνείου arneíou		ἀρνείοιν arneíoin	ἀρνείαιν arneíain	ἀρνείοιν arneíoin		ἀρνείων arneíōn	ἀρνείων arneíōn	ἀρνείων arneíōn
Dative		ἀρνείῳ arneíōi	ἀρνείᾳ arneíāi	ἀρνείῳ arneíōi		ἀρνείοιν arneíoin	ἀρνείαιν arneíain	ἀρνείοιν arneíoin		ἀρνείοις arneíois	ἀρνείαις arneíais	ἀρνείοις arneíois
Accusative		ἄρνειον árneion	ἀρνείᾱν arneíān	ἄρνειον árneion		ἀρνείω arneíō	ἀρνείᾱ arneíā	ἀρνείω arneíō		ἀρνείους arneíous	ἀρνείᾱς arneíās	ἄρνειᾰ árneia
Vocative		ἄρνειε árneie	ἀρνείᾱ arneíā	ἄρνειον árneion		ἀρνείω arneíō	ἀρνείᾱ arneíā	ἀρνείω arneíō		ἄρνειοι árneioi	ἄρνειαι árneiai	ἄρνειᾰ árneia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀρνείως arneíōs				ἀρνειότερος arneióteros				ἀρνειότᾰτος arneiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἄρνειος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρνειος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2022)
• “ἄρνειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • lamb idem, page 474.