ὀρίγανον

origanon

organy, Origanum heracleoticum

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

534b22
Book IX 4
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612a25
612a26
612a27
612a34
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 11 831a27–31

831a28
831a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρίγανον, τό, Epich. 17, Hp. Vict. 2.54, Ar. Fr. 130, Antiph. 222.4, Amips. 35, Thphr. HP 1.9.4, al. :— also ὀρίγᾰνος, ἡ, Ar. Ec. 1030, Arist. Pr. 925a29, HA 612a25, Thphr. HP 6.1.4, al., Clearch. ap. Ath. 3.116e, Dsc. 3.27, Gal. 12.91, cf. 6.668 ; ὀρίγανος, ὁ, Ion Eleg.5, Hp. Epid. 5.54, Anaxandr. 50:—A. an acrid herb, ὀ. Ἡρακλεωτική Dsc., Gal. ll. cc. ; = ὀ. λευκή organy, Origanum heracleoticum, Thphr. HP 6.2.3 ; ὀ. μέλαινα marjoram, Origanum viride, ibid. ; ὀρίγανον βλέπειν look origanum, i. e. look sour or crabbed, like νᾶπυ βλ., Ar. Ra. 603. [In codd. freq. wrongly ὀρείγανον, v. Hdn.Gr.2.410 ; ἐρίγανον PTeb. 112 Intr. (ii B. C.).]

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