ὀρίγανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὀρῑ́γᾰνος (orī́ganos)

Etymology

Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀρῑ́γᾰνον (orī́ganon) n (genitive ὀρῑγᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. oregano, marjoram
  2. sourness, bitterness

Inflection

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὀρῑ́γανον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1102
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