agniculus

agnĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [agnus],

• a lambkin, Arn. 7, p. 219.

agniculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. agnus), das Lämmchen, Itala Ioann. 21, 15. Augustin. serm. 181, 6. Ambros. hexaëm. 6, 4, 25; in psalm. 118. serm. 2. § 15. Arnob. 7, 12. Cassiod. de orat. p. 562 (b) ed. Garet.

agniculus , little lamb, lambkin. b (fig.). c lambskin. Aldh. PR 132 (v. agnicellus); [Joabel] primus ‥ greges ordinavit ‥, separans greges ‥, ut ~os a maturioribus Gerv. Tilb. I 20; quid est quod ut agniculus obmutescis? J. Howd. Cant. 70.  b 798 quid inter leones ~us? Alcuin Ep. 145; Judas mitem vendens agniculum J. Howd. Ph. 102.  c 1224 cum furruris de ~is Cl 609.

agnĭcŭlus, agnĭcellus, agnĭcellŭlus, ī, m. , petit agnelet : Pomp. Gr. Comm. 143, 29.