ὤγανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from a Paleo-Balkan language, derived from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”), for which compare Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, Proto-Celtic *wegnos (“wagon, cart”). Alternatively akin to ἄγω (ágō, “to drive”), though the formation is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.ɡa.non/ → /ˈo.ɣa.non/ → /ˈo.ɣa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.ɡa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɡa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɣa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɣa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɣa.non/

Noun

ὤγανον • (ṓganon) n

1. spoke of the wagon wheel
   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ω:

     ὤγανον· κνημίς ἁμάξης

     ṓganon; knēmís hamáxēs

     ṓganon: legging of the wagon

Derived terms

• περιώγανα (periṓgana)

 

Further reading

• “ὤγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press