Ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους
lambs in disposition
Translated by Oliver Phillips â18 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Meaning gentle, easy-going, simple, like rams, or soft. For the male sheep, when he reaches middle age, is called an amnos. But some call the year-old sheep an amnos.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους· ἀντὶ τοῦ πραεῖς, εὐήθεις, ἁπλοῖ, ὡς οἱ κριοί, ἢ μαλακοί. τὸ γὰρ ἄρρεν πρόβατον, ὅταν ἔχῃ τὴν μέσην ἡλικίαν, ἀμνὸς καλεῖται. οἱ δὲ τὸν ἐνιαύσιον ἄρνα ἀμνὸν καλοῦσιν.
Betacode
*)amnoi\ tou\s tro/pous: a)nti\ tou= praei=s, eu)h/qeis, a(ploi=, w(s oi( krioi/, h)\ malakoi/. to\ ga\r a)/rren pro/baton, o(/tan e)/xh| th\n me/shn h(liki/an, a)mno\s kalei=tai. oi( de\ to\n e)niau/sion a)/rna a)mno\n kalou=sin.