Agnesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ), coming from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós, “pure, chaste”), Ancient Greek ἁγνεία (hagneía, “purity, chastity”). Doublet of Inez.

発音

• IPA: /ˈæɡ.nɪs/

固有名詞

Agnes

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1876, Annie Howells Fréchette, “Reuben Dale”, in The Galaxy, W.C. and F.P.Church, 1876, page 394:

     Why do you call Mrs. Stone Aggie? Agnes is such a beautiful name, it is a shame to nick it in that way." Then, quickly regretting his impatience, he added, "You would not have been jealous, would you, Jenny?

   • 1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 3,5:

     Right then and there in her mind she had christened it Agnes, the only name she knew elegant enough for such a peerless creature. - - - She held the doll so her brothers could see. "Look, isn't she beautiful? Her name is Agnes.[...]Agnes? Agnes?" Jack gagged realistically. "What a soppy name! Why don't you call her Margaret or Betty?

   • 1995, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 14:

     I found myself wanting to explain it to her, this middle-aged woman with the kind of haircut you call a hairdo, which needed to be set in rollers every night, who had a name like Agnes or Harriet, a name that even predated my mother's generation.

使用する際の注意点

• The name of one of the four great virgin martyrs, by folk etymology associated with Latin agnus (“lamb”). Popular in the Middle Ages and again at the turn of the 20th century.
• In Ireland Agnes has been used as an Anglicization of Úna.

派生語

• Agnesian
• Burton Agnes
• Papworth St Agnes
• St Agnes

関連する語

• Aggie
• Inez
• Nancy

アナグラム

• Geans, Senga, geans

固有名詞

Agnes f sg (genitive Agnetis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Agnes or Annyce

語形変化

Third-declension noun, singular only.