σάμψυχον
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
German (Pape)
[Seite 860] τό, ausländischer Name einer wohlriechenden Pflanze, sonst ἀμάρακος; Diosc., vgl. Ath. XV, 681 b; Mel. 1, 11 (IV, 1); ἴα καὶ σάμψυχα, Ep. ad. 705 (App. 120); Paus. 9, 28.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σάμψῡχον: τό, ξενικὴ λέξις σημαίνουσα τὸ φυτὸν ἀμάρακος, «μαντζουράνα», Διοσκ. 3. 47. Ἀρετ. Ὀξ. Νούσ. Θεραπευτ. 2. 10· - φέρεται καὶ σάμψουχον, Νικ. Θηρ. 617, Παυσ. 9. 28, 3, Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 548· σάμψυχος, ἡ, Ἀρετ. Ὀξ. Νούσ. Θεραπευτ. 2. 6· ὁ, Πολυδ. Ϛ΄, 107.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: marjoram (Nic., Dsc., Paus. a.o.; on the meaning Andrews ClassPhil. 56, 78)
Derivatives: with -ινος made of m. (Dsc., Gal. a.o.). -ίζω to be like m., to season with m. (Dsc.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin (the plant was esp. at home Northafrica). Lat. LW [loanword] sampsūc(h)um, -us (s. W.-Hofmann s. sambūcus). Hester, Lingua 13, 1965, 364.
