ἀμάρακον: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=(<b class="b3">-αρ-</b>)<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">Origanum Majorana, marjoram</b> (Pherekr.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-ος</b> m.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: The long <b class="b3">α</b> in Ionic-Attic points to recent origin. Compared with <b class="b3">ἀβαρύ ὀρίγανον</b> <<b class="b3">τὸ ἐν</b>> <b class="b3">Μακεδονίᾳ</b> H. If this is accepted, the variation <b class="b3">β</b>\/<b class="b3">μ</b> points to a Greek substr. word, which is anyhow probable. Connection with Skt. <b class="b2">maruva(ka)-</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> is then wrong. Further connections Bertoldi Riv. fil. class. 60, 338ff., but also Belardi, Rend. Acc. Lincei 8: 10 (1955) 317 n. 3. See Fur. 210f. who further compares <b class="b3">βᾶρος</b>\/<b class="b3">ν</b> <b class="b2">kind of spice</b>. (Wrong Kalléris 75: to <b class="b3">βαρύς</b>.) - From Greek Lat. [[amaracum]], <b class="b2">-us</b>, MLat. [[maioracus]], [[maiorana]], from where come the modern forms.

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