origanum

See also: Origanum

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

origanum (plural origanums)

Any herbaceous plant of the genus Origanum

Anagrams

argonium

Latin

Alternative forms

orīganon

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́γᾰνον (orī́ganon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈriː.ɡa.num/, [ɔˈriː.ɡa.nũ]

Noun

orīganum n (genitive orīganī); second declension

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	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

Portuguese: orégão, ourégão, ourego
Spanish: orégano
- English: oregano
  - Welsh: 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

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