ὤγανον

ὤγανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Von Blumenthal assumed an Illyrian origin, connecting Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). According to Beekes, rather from ἄγω (ágō, “to drive”), though the formation is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.ɡa.non/ → /ˈo.ɣa.non/ → /ˈo.ɣa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.ɡa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɡa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɣa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɣa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɣa.non/

Noun

ὤγανον • (ṓganon)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: κνημίς ἁμάξης (knēmís hamáxēs, “greave, legging of the wagon”).

References

• ὤγανον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ω