ἐαρινός
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἄρνα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
arēn
English translation (word)
lamb
Transliteration (Etymon)
earinos
English translation (etymon)
of spring
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologica nominum 297-298
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
ἐαρινὸν δὲ καρπὸν ἄρνα λαμβάνων | ποίμνην τρέφων πᾶς ἄρνυται μισθὸν φίλον.
Translation (En)
And, taking the fruit of spring (earinon), the lamb (arna), breeding their herd, everyone takes their salary
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Old name inherited from PIE *wr̥h1-en-, found also in Arm. gaṙn "lamb" (Beekes, EDG). Within Greek, it is isolated and found only in derivatives (ἄρνιος, ἀρνίον) and compounds (πολύρρην)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has the derivative αρνί "lamb" (from the mediaeval αρνί(ν), from diminutive ἀρνίον), also in the senses of 2. meat of lamp and 3. a harmless and quiet person (Triandafyllidis Dictionary of Modern Greek).
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology explaining the name of the lamb by the season in which lambs are born. Several letters must be dropped in order to derive ἄρην from ἐαρινός