On Pascha · §1.67

Perfect, a yearling, male

it is reasonably counted toward a sheep. "A perfect male yearling" sheep. For Christ is perfect in that he lacks in nothing and has nothing incomplete through himself. Male makes clear what is firm and manly in him. And it has been called a yearling since the year signifies a completed number, the sun being restored to its own place through twelve months.

Greek

συ[να]ριθμε[ῖτ]αι [εἰκότ]ως εἰς πρόβατον. "Τέλ[ει]ον ἄρσ[εν] ἐνιαύσιο[ν]" πρόβατον. Τέλειον γάρ ἐστιν ὁ X(ριστὸ)ς τῷ ἐν μηδενὶ ὑστερεῖσθαι μηδὲ ἐλλιπές τι ἔχειν δι' αὐτοῦ. Ἄρρεν δὲ τὸ στερεὸν καὶ ἀνδρεῖον αὐτοῦ δηλοῦται. Ἐνιαύσιον δὲ εἴρηται ἐπεὶ ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς σημαίνει ἀριθμὸν|| [πεπληρωμένον, ἡλίου ἀποκαθισταμένου ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον τόπον διὰ μηνῶν δώδεκα.]