agnŏs Copy link ⓘagnum | ve: fem acc sg · fem gen pl (poetic) • agnŏs, i, f., = ἄγνος (cf. ἁγνός, chaste), a tall plant resembling the willow, the chastetree: agnus castus, Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59.
agnus Copy link ⓘagnum | ve: masc acc sg · masc gen pl (poetic) • agnus, i, m. (gen. plur. agnūm, Porc. Licin. ap. Gell. 19, 9, 13) [cf. ἀμνός, which Benfey connects with ὄϊς = Sanscr. avis; Lith. ávinas = sheep], a lamb, usually for sacrifice: TERTIA. SPOLIA. IANO. QVIRINO. AGNOM. MAREM. CAEDITO, from an ancient law (of Numa?), in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 190: IVNONI. CRINIBVS. DEMISSIS. AGNAM. FEMINAM. CAEDITO., from a law of Numa in Gell. 4, 33, and Fest. s. v. pellices, p. 121: jam ego te hic agnum faciam et medium distruncabo, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 54; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4 al.: agnus absque maculā, Vulg. Exod. 12, 5: agnos immaculatos, ib. Lev. 14, 10: villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, Cic. Sen. 16, 56; id. Div. 2, 11, 39; Ov. M. 7, 320; Hor. C. 3, 18, 13: ara avet immolato Spargier agno, id. ib. 4, 11, 8 al.—Prov.: Agnum lupo eripere velle, to wish to rescue a lamb from a wolf, i. e. to wish what is impossible, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—Eccl. Lat., of Christ: quasi agni immaculati Christi, Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 19: Ecce Agnus Dei, ib. Joan. 1, 29: ceciderunt coram Agno, ib. Apoc. 5, 8 al.
agnos Copy link ⓘagnum | ve: fem acc sg · fem gen pl (poetic) • agnos, ī, m. (ἄγνος), vitex [plante sauvage] : Plin. 24, 59.
agnus Copy link ⓘagnum | ve: masc acc sg · masc gen pl (poetic) • agnus, ī, m., agneau : [sens collectif] villa abundat agno Cic. CM 56, la ferme a de l'agneau (des agneaux) en abondance ; [prov.] lupo agnum eripere postulant Pl. Pœn. 776, ils veulent enlever l'agneau de la gueule du loup [ils tentent l'impossible]. ➳ dans l'anc. langue le mot était des deux genres, masc. et fém. [P. Fest. 6] ; il s'était conservé ainsi dans la langue des sacrifices (Fest. 286).