σάμψ(ο)υχον

σάμψ(ο)υχον

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.

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