origanum

See also: Origanum

English

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of oregano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪɡənəm/
• IPA^(key): /ɒɹɪˈɡɒːnəm/

Noun

origanum (plural origanums)

1. Any herbaceous plant of the genus Origanum

Translations

plant of the genus Origanum

• Bulgarian: дие риган m (die rigan)
• Finnish: meirami (fi)
• Macedonian: орига́но n (origáno)
• Ukrainian: матери́нка f (materýnka)

Anagrams

• argonium

Latin

Alternative forms

• orīganon

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́γᾰνον (orī́gănon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈriː.ɡa.num/, [ɔˈriːɡänʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɡa.num/, [oˈriːɡänum]

Noun

orīganum n (genitive orīganī); second declension

1. oregano
2. marjoram

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	orīganum	orīgana
genitive	orīganī	orīganōrum
dative	orīganō	orīganīs
accusative	orīganum	orīgana
ablative	orīganō	orīganīs
vocative	orīganum	orīgana

Descendants

• Catalan: orenga
• French: origan
• Galician: ourego
• Italian: origano
• Piedmontese: orìgan, rìgan
• Portuguese: orégão, ourégão, ourego
• Sicilian: arrìganu, rìganu, rienu
• Spanish: orégano
  • → English: oregano
    • Welsh: oregano
  • → German: Oregano
• Translingual: Origanum

References

• “origanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• origanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.