πήγᾰνον, τό,
rue, Ruta graveolens, [[ Diocl.fragment 138, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 177 (a), 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 127.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.4, +others, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 413 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ὀρεινόν, ἄγριον, mountain rue, Ruta halepensis, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.45 (but π. ἄγριον, ={μῶλυ}, [prev. work]46): proverbial, οὐδ᾽ ἐν δελίνῳ οὐδ᾽ ἐν πηγάνῳ] Refs 1st c.AD+], i.e. scarcely at the edge or beginning of a thing, because these herbs were planted for borders in gardens, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 480 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare περίκηπος.