Ὀρίγανος
oregano
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the plant [of that name]. [Used] in the feminine in Aristophanes.1
Buto)reigenh/s ["mountain-born"] [means] one who was born on the mountain.2
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀρίγανος· ἡ βοτάνη. θηλυκῶς παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει. Ὀρειγενὴς δὲ ὁ ἐν τῷ ὄρει γεννηθείς.
Betacode
*)ori/ganos: h( bota/nh. qhlukw=s para\ *)aristofa/nei. *)oreigenh\s de\ o( e)n tw=| o)/rei gennhqei/s.
Notes (2)
- 1Choeroboscus, cited in the Etymologicum Magnum; Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1030; cf. gamma 287. ↩
- 2Choeroboscus, Etymologicum Magnum, Theognostus. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Jul 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth