ὀρίγανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὀρῑ́γᾰνος (orī́gănos)

Etymology

Disputed; some sources claim a compound of ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) +‎ γάνος (gános, “brightness, freshness”),[1] though Beekes suspects that the word is a foreign borrowing and was folk-etymologically adapted to more closely resemble the supposed component words given above.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀρῑ́γᾰνον • (orī́gănon) n (genitive ὀρῑγᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. oregano, marjoram
  2. sourness, bitterness

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὀρῑ́γᾰνον; τοῦ ὀρῑγᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὀρῑ́γᾰνον
tò orī́gănon 		τὼ ὀρῑγᾰ́νω
tṑ orīgắnō 		τᾰ̀ ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ
tằ orī́gănă
Genitive τοῦ ὀρῑγᾰ́νου
toû orīgắnou 		τοῖν ὀρῑγᾰ́νοιν
toîn orīgắnoin 		τῶν ὀρῑγᾰ́νων
tôn orīgắnōn
Dative τῷ ὀρῑγᾰ́νῳ
tōî orīgắnōi 		τοῖν ὀρῑγᾰ́νοιν
toîn orīgắnoin 		τοῖς ὀρῑγᾰ́νοις
toîs orīgắnois
Accusative τὸ ὀρῑ́γᾰνον
tò orī́gănon 		τὼ ὀρῑγᾰ́νω
tṑ orīgắnō 		τᾰ̀ ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ
tằ orī́gănă
Vocative ὀρῑ́γᾰνον
orī́gănon 		ὀρῑγᾰ́νω
orīgắnō 		ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ
orī́gănă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “oregano”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ 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, →ISBN, page 1102

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