# agnus
## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agʷnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).
Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), Old English ēanian (English yean), and Albanian enjë.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaɡ.nus/, [ˈäŋnʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈaɲ.ɲus/, [ˈäɲːus]

### Noun

agnus m (genitive agnī); second declension
* a lamb, especially one used as a sacrifice
    Agnus absque maculā.A lamb without blemish.
    Vīlla abundat porcō, haedō, agnō.The farm abounds in pigs, young goats and lambs.
    Ecce Agnus Deī.Behold the Lamb of God.

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (contracted genitive plural).
$^1$Contraction found in poetry.

#### Derived terms

* agna
* agnellus
* agnicellulus
* agnicellus
* agniculus
* agnīnus
* agnulus
* agnum lupo eripere velle
* Agnus Deī
* agnus Phrixēus

#### Descendants

* Galician: año
* Italian: agno
* Neapolitan: àino
* Old French: agne, aigne, ainne
* Portuguese: anho
* Sicilian: aiuno, avuno, amuno (Calabrian)
* Catalan: anyell

### References

* “agnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “agnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "agnus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* agnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* agnus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* “agnus” on page 97/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “agnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 266
* Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “agnus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 19
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “agnus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

A verbal adjective from an unattested root *ag- ("to drive"), paralleled by Old Irish án (“quick”) < *ag-nos, Sanskrit अजिर (ajirá-, “agile, quick”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”); compare Old Irish aigid, Sanskrit अजति (ajati). The Lithuanian form appears to have undergone depalatalization before the nasal.
The connection with Russian яглый (jaglyj, “active, energetic”) is rejected by Vasmer.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɐɡˈnʊs/

### Adjective

agnùs m (feminine agnì, neuter agnù) stress pattern 4
* (Samogitian) agile, energetic

#### Derived terms

* agnumas
* agniai

### References

* ↑ Jurij Vladimirovič Otkupščikov (1967) Iz istorii indojevropejskovo slovoobrazovanija [From the History of Indo-European Word Formation], page 227
* ↑ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яглый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

### Further reading

* “agnus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
* “agnus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaɡˈnus/ [ʔɐɡˈn̪us]
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: ag‧nus

### Noun

agnús (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜈᜓᜐ᜔)
* Alternative form of agnos