rhȳtḗ

Rute (??)

The etymology is unexplained. Osthoff connected Latin rūmex (“sorrel”), while Beekes suggests a Pre-Greekorigin. According to Watkins, of "Mediterranean substrate origin".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ː/ → /ryˈti/ → /riˈti/

Noun

ῥῡτή • (rhūtḗ) f (genitive ῥῡτῆς); first declension

rue (Ruta graveolens)
Synonym: πήγανον (pḗganon)