ἀρήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ϝᾰρήν (wărḗn)Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *warḗn, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (lamb). Cognates include Latin vervēx (wether), Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa) and Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ρήν • (ărḗnm or f (genitive ᾰ̓ρνός); third declension

  1. alternative form of ᾰ̓μνός (ămnós, lamb)
  2. (in the plural) stunted ears of wheat

Usage notes

  • The inflected forms are typically treated as suppletive to ᾰ̓μνός (ămnós), but the nominative singular ᾰ̓ρήν (ărḗn) is found in early inscriptions.

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀρήν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

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