amaracus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin amāracus. === Noun === amaracus (uncountable) (obsolete) Marjoram. === Further reading === “amaracus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amaracus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === caramusa == Latin == === Alternative forms === amāracum === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀμάρακος (amárakos), ἀμάρακον (amárakon). Possible doublet of marathrum, marum, marrubium, and maiōrana. === Noun === amāracus m (genitive amāracī); second declension marjoram (Origanum majorana) ==== Usage notes ==== Identification with Origanum majorana is uncertain, but O. m. var tenuifolium, native to Cyprus fits Pliny's description especially well. Other species of Origanum, such as O. onites, are possible. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== (Medieval Latin): maiorana, majorana ==== Descendants ==== Italian: merco → Catalan: amàrac (learned) === References === “amaracus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amaracus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “amaracus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “amaracus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers