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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">rue, Ruta graveolens</b> (Diocl. Gr., com., Thphr.).<br />Other forms: cf. <b class="b3">παίκανον</b> bel.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἀγριο-πήγανον</b> <b class="b2">Syrian rue</b> (H., Aët.), <b class="b3">πηγαν-έλαιον</b> <b class="b2">rue oil</b> (medic.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πηγάν-ιον</b> n. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Thphr., Nic.); adj. <b class="b3">-ινος</b>, <b class="b3">-ειος</b> (Gal.), <b class="b3">-όεις</b> (Nic.) <b class="b2">belonging to the rue</b>, <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">rue-like</b> (Thphr.); <b class="b3">-ίτης οἶνος</b> (Gp.), <b class="b3">-ῖτις χολή</b> (Sopat.; Redard 98); <b class="b3">-ηρά</b> f., <b class="b3">-ηρόν</b> n. <b class="b2">rue plaster</b> (medic.); <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> <b class="b2">to be like a rue</b> (Dsc., Gal.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formation like <b class="b3">λάχανον</b>, <b class="b3">βάκανον</b>, <b class="b3">πλάτανος</b>, <b class="b3">ῥάφανος</b> a. other pl.names; with Lat. [[pāgina]] formally identical, but prob. independent. Usu. (since Plu.; Prellwitz, Bq, Benveniste Origines 47, Strömberg Pfl.namen 144) connected with <b class="b3">πήγνυμι</b>, what (in spite of Strömberg l.c., who starts from <b class="b3">πήγνυμι</b> in the incidental meaning [[plant]]) has not yet been sufficiently explained semantically. As long as no argumentation has been found rather a loan (Chantraine Form. 200, Schwyzer 490). - Furnée 162 adduces <b class="b3">φαίκανον πήγανον</b> H., which proves Pre-Greek origin.

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