origanum

See also: Origanum

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

origanum (plural origanums)

1. Any herbaceous plant of the genus Origanum

Anagrams

• argonium

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Latin

Alternative forms

• orīganon

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́γᾰνον (orī́ganon).

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).

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.