ἀ- + μένος
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τὸ δὲ ἀμνός ὀξύνεται. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ α καὶ ἐπιθετικώτερον· ἄμενος γὰρ παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν μένος
Translation (En)
But the word amnos "lamb" is oxytone; it comes from the ‹privative› a- and is an epithet: as a matter of fact, it is *amenos, from the fact that it has no strength
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Etym. Genuinum, alpha 663 (Ἀμνός· τὰ πρόβατα, μάλιστα τὰ μικρά· παρὰ τὸ μένος ἄμενος καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν ἀμνός, οἱονεὶ ὁ ἀδύνατος, καὶ παρώνυμον ὑποκοριστικὸν ἀμνίς); Etym. Parvum, alpha 82 (Ἀμνός· ὁ ἁπαλὸς καὶ τρυφερός· παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν μένος); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 116 ( Ἀμνίς καὶ ἀμνός· τὰ πρόβατα τὰ μικρά· παρὰ τὸ μένος καὶ τὸ α στερητικὸν ἄμενος, ὁ ἀσθενής, καὶ ἐκ τούτου ὑποκοριστικὸν ἀμνίς καὶ ἀμνός); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 84 (Ἀμνός: Ὁ ἁπαλὸς καὶ τρυφερός. Ἀμνὶς καὶ ἀμνὸς, τὰ πρόβατα τὰ μικρά. Παρὰ τὸ μένος, μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α, ἄμενος· καὶ συγκοπῇ ἀμνὸς, οἱονεὶ ὁ ἀδύνατος); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 410 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 143 (ἀμνὸς, παρὰ τὸ μένος ἄμενος).
Comment
As often, the word is parsed as a compound with the privative prefix. This descriptive etymology implies a phonetic manipulation, a syncope in *a-menos.