ἀρήν
(nominative only in Inscrr., [[ “IG” 1.4, 11.154 A 11 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), “SIG” 1027.9 (from Cos), ϝαρήν “GDI” 4964.2 (from Gortyn))] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also ἄρης [[ “PGurob.” 22.40,42 (3rd c.BC), and ἄρνον [prev. work]3, +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; accusative ἄρνα, genitive ἀρνός, dative ἀρνί, dual. ἄρνε: plural ἄρνες, ἄρνας, ἀρνῶν, dative ἀρνάσι[[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.8.10, _Epic dialect_ ἄρνεσσι] Refs 1st c.AD+]: —lamb (under a year old, [[ 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 515, Istrosap. 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1672.12); ἀ. πρωτογόνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.102, etc.; γαλαθηνῶν 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 1. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II sheep of either sex, ἄρν᾽ ἕτερον λευκόν, ἑτέρην δὲ μέλαιναν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.103; ἄρνες κεραοί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.85. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III in plural, stunted ears of wheat, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.7.5] Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Sanskrit úrā 'sheep', úraṇas 'ram', 'lamb', urabhras 'ram', Armenian ga[rdot]n 'lamb'; compare -ϝρην in πολύρρην.)