σάμψυχον
English (LSJ)
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.
Frisk Etymology German
σάμψυχον: {sámps(o)ukhon}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Majoran (Nik., Dsk., Paus. u.a.; zur Begriffsbestimmung Andrews ClassPhil. 56, 78)
Derivative: mit -ινος ‘aus M.’ (Dsk., Gal. u.a.). -ίζω ‘dem M. ähnlich sein, mit M. würzen’ (Dsk.).
Etymology: Fremdwort unbek. Herkunft (die Pflanze war vor allem in Nordafrika heimisch). Lat. LW sampsūc(h)um, -us (s. W.-Hofmann s. sambūcus).
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Translations
marjoram
Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش, بَرْدَقُوش, مَرْزَنْجُوش; Armenian Middle Armenian: մարզնկօշ; Old Armenian: մարզգոշ; Bulgarian: риган; Catalan: marduix; Chinese Mandarin: 墨角蘭, 墨角兰; Czech: majoránka; Dutch: echte marjolein; Finnish: maustemeirami; French: marjolaine; German: Majoran; Greek: ματζουράνα; Ancient Greek: ἀγήρατον, ἀγριορίγανος, ἄκαπνον, ἀμάρακον, ἀμάρακος, κνήκιον, κονίλη, ὀνῖτις, σάμψουχον, σάμψυχον; Hungarian: majoránna; Hunsrik: Maairon; Ido: majorano; Irish: oragán cumhra; Italian: maggiorana; Kannada: ಮರುಗ; Korean: 마저럼; Latin: amaracus, maiorana, majorana; Macedonian: мајоран; Norman: marjolaine; Old English: cyninges wyrt, wurmille; Ottoman Turkish: ككلیك اوتی; Polish: majeranek; Portuguese: manjerona; Punjabi: ਮਰੂਆ; Romanian: maghiran; Russian: майоран; Serbo-Croatian: majòrān, majorána, màžurān, mažurána; Slovene: majaron; Spanish: mejorana, mayorana, almoraduj; Tagalog: mehorana; Turkish: mercanköşk; Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd; Yiddish: מײַראַן, מאַיאָראַן
