"ὀρίγανον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὀρίγανον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /o.rǐː.ɡa.non/, /oˈri.ɣa.non/, /oˈri.ɣa.non/, /o.rǐː.ɡa.non/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /oˈri.ɡa.non/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /oˈri.ɣa.non/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /oˈri.ɣa.non/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /oˈri.ɣa.non/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Disputed; some sources claim it's from Greek ὄρος (óros) (mountain), and γάνος (gános) (brightness, freshness), while others claim it is Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὀρῑ́γᾰνον|ὀρῑγᾰ́νου|n|second}} ὀρῑ́γᾰνον • (orī́ganon) n (genitive ὀρῑγᾰ́νου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὀρῑ́γᾰνον|ὀρῑγᾰ́νου}} Forms: ὀρῑ́γᾰνον [canonical], orī́ganon [romanization], ὀρῑγᾰ́νου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ὀρῑ́γᾰνον [nominative, singular], τὼ ὀρῑγᾰ́νω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὀρῑγᾰ́νου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὀρῑγᾰ́νοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὀρῑγᾰ́νων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὀρῑγᾰ́νῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὀρῑγᾰ́νοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὀρῑγᾰ́νοις [dative, plural], τὸ ὀρῑ́γᾰνον [accusative, singular], τὼ ὀρῑγᾰ́νω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ [accusative, plural], ὀρῑ́γᾰνον [singular, vocative], ὀρῑγᾰ́νω [dual, vocative], ὀρῑ́γᾰνᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. oregano, marjoram
    Sense id: en-ὀρίγανον-grc-noun-~3wjRW~J
  2. sourness, bitterness Categories (lifeform): Mint family plants
    Sense id: en-ὀρίγανον-grc-noun--SVsmm7o Disambiguation of Mint family plants: 14 86 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ὀρῑ́γᾰνος (orī́ganos) 
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