δίκταμνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, or from Δίκτη (Díktē) (the name of a mountain of Crete).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dík.tam.non/ → /ˈðik.tam.non/ → /ˈðik.tam.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dík.tam.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.tam.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.tam.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.tam.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.tam.non/

Noun

δῐ́κτᾰμνον • (dĭ́ktămnon) n (genitive δῐκτᾰ́μνου); second declension

1. dittany (Origanum dictamnus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δῐ́κτᾰμνον; τοῦ δῐκτᾰ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐ́κτᾰμνον tò dĭ́ktămnon	τὼ δῐκτᾰ́μνω tṑ dĭktắmnō	τᾰ̀ δῐ́κτᾰμνᾰ tằ dĭ́ktămnă
Genitive	τοῦ δῐκτᾰ́μνου toû dĭktắmnou	τοῖν δῐκτᾰ́μνοιν toîn dĭktắmnoin	τῶν δῐκτᾰ́μνων tôn dĭktắmnōn
Dative	τῷ δῐκτᾰ́μνῳ tôi dĭktắmnōi	τοῖν δῐκτᾰ́μνοιν toîn dĭktắmnoin	τοῖς δῐκτᾰ́μνοις toîs dĭktắmnois
Accusative	τὸ δῐ́κτᾰμνον tò dĭ́ktămnon	τὼ δῐκτᾰ́μνω tṑ dĭktắmnō	τᾰ̀ δῐ́κτᾰμνᾰ tằ dĭ́ktămnă
Vocative	δῐ́κτᾰμνον dĭ́ktămnon	δῐκτᾰ́μνω dĭktắmnō	δῐ́κτᾰμνᾰ dĭ́ktămnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐκτᾰ́μνῐνος (dĭktắmnĭnos)
• δῐκτᾰμνῑ́της (dĭktămnī́tēs)
• δῐκτᾰμνοειδής (dĭktămnoeidḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: δίκταμο (díktamo)
• → Latin: dictamnum, dictamnus
  • Catalan: gitam
  • Old French: ditan
    • → English: dittany
  • Italian: dittamo
  • Translingual: Dictamnus

Further reading

• “δίκταμνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δίκταμνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίκταμνον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN