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ὀρίγανον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρίγανον ὀρίγανον

Structure: ὀριγαν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. oregano, marjoram
  2. sourness, bitterness

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ ἐθέλεισ καὶ τοῦτο δαήμεναι, ὦ φίλε Μόσχε, ὅντινα χρή σε τρόπον κείνην διαθεῖναι ἄριστα, ἐν συκῆσ φύλλοισ καὶ ὀριγάνῳ οὐ μάλα πολλῇ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 7 1:2)
  • ἐξελὼν τὰ βράγχια, πλύνασ, περικόψασ τὰσ ἀκάνθασ τὰσ κύκλῳ παράσχισον χρηστῶσ διαπτύξασ θ’ ὅλον τῷ σιλφίῳ μάστιξον εὖ τε καὶ καλῶσ τυρῷ τε σάξον ἁλσὶ τ’ ἠδ’ ὀριγάνῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 120 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. sourness

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