agna Latin · revision 32257

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂egʷ-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈaŋ.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈaɲ.ɲa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agna''' ''f'' (genitive agnae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Jerome has the ablative plural ''agnābus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|agnus|-a|t1=lamb]], the feminine of the word for a lamb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|agnus]] to [[itc-pro|*agʷno-|t=lamb]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂egʷ-no-|t=lamb]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|úan|t=lamb]], [[cy|oen|t=lamb]] and [[grc|ἀμνός|tr=amnós|t=lamb]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cato.^(Köbler 2010) Lewis & Short cite it first from Varro's work on agriculture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a ewe lamb, as opposed to a male lamb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace speaks of a humble ewe lamb and Ovid of a trembling one.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate has it in Genesis.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it a ewe lamb.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro in his work on agriculture.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a humble ewe lamb.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate in Genesis.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|ewe]] [[m|en|lamb]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agnus]]

+ * [[agnellus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare homograph ''agna'', “ear of grain”, is known only from Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus, which speaks of awned and awnless ears.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD compares [[grc|ἄχνη|tr=ákhnē]], [[got|𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰|tr=ahana|t=chaff]] and [[m|en|awn]];^(OLD 2012) de Vaan notes that if it stands for an older *akna, it could go back with them to a derivative of the root [[ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp]], though the Greek is not a perfect formal match.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}