agnina

Forms

agnīna f (genitive agnīnae); first declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin agnīnus (“of a lamb”), used as a noun with carō² (“flesh”) understood.^[2][1][3] That adjective is formed from agnus (“lamb”),^[4][5] which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *agwno- and Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷ-no- (“lamb”).^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first found in Plautus,^[4] who uses it in the Captivi and the Aulularia for lamb as meat.^[3][7]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of lamb as meat.^[3][7][4]
• 65–8 BC – Horace uses it in the Epistles.^[3][7][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. Lamb, the flesh of a lamb as food.^[2][3][7]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Lewis, Charlton T. (1890), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: American Book Company
6. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
7. ^ a b c d Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier