ὀρίγανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀρῑ́γᾰνος (orī́ganos)

Etymology

Disputed; some sources claim it's from Greek ὄρος (óros) (mountain), and γάνος (gános) (brightness, freshness), while others claim it is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.rǐː.ɡa.non/ → /oˈri.ɣa.non/ → /oˈri.ɣa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rǐː.ɡa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɡa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɣa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɣa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɣa.non/

Noun

ὀρῑ́γᾰνον • (orī́ganon) 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 orī́ganon	τὼ ὀρῑγᾰ́νω tṑ orīgánō	τᾰ̀ ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ tà orī́gana
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρῑγᾰ́νου toû orīgánou	τοῖν ὀρῑγᾰ́νοιν toîn orīgánoin	τῶν ὀρῑγᾰ́νων tôn orīgánōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρῑγᾰ́νῳ tôi orīgánōi	τοῖν ὀρῑγᾰ́νοιν toîn orīgánoin	τοῖς ὀρῑγᾰ́νοις toîs orīgánois
Accusative	τὸ ὀρῑ́γᾰνον tò orī́ganon	τὼ ὀρῑγᾰ́νω tṑ orīgánō	τᾰ̀ ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ tà orī́gana
Vocative	ὀρῑ́γᾰνον orī́ganon	ὀρῑγᾰ́νω orīgánō	ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ orī́gana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: orīganum

References

• “ὀρίγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀρίγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers