μυρίκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[on the quantity v. infr.], ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[tamarisk]] (in Greece, <b class="b2">Tamarix tetrandra</b>; in Egypt, <b class="b2">Tamarix articulata</b>), <b class="b3">θῆκεν ἀνὰ μυρίκην [ῐ</b>] <span class="bibl">Il. 10.466</span>; <b class="b3">μυρίκης ἐριθηλέας ὄζους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">467</span>; δόρυ… κεκλιμένον μυρίκῃσιν <span class="bibl">21.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>81</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>612</span>; but πτελέαι τε καὶ ἰτέαι ἠδὲ μυρῖκαι <span class="bibl">Il.21.350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">5.101</span>, and Lat. [[myrīca]]; ἐκ μυρίκης πεποιημένη θύρη <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.96</span>; μυρίκης κλῶνα <span class="bibl">Alc.119</span>: pl., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>383.16</span> (iii B. C.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[tamarisk]] (Il.; orig. <b class="b3">ι</b>; <b class="b3">ι</b> from metr. lengthening, s. Solmsen Unt. 14 f.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">μυρίκ-ινος</b> <b class="b2">of the tamarisk</b> (Z 39 [<b class="b3">ι</b> metr. length.], pap.), <b class="b3">-ίνεος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (AP), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">tamarisk-like</b> (Thphr.); <b class="b3">Μυρικαῖος</b> surn. of Apollon in Lesbos (sch. Nic. Th. 613).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Ending as in <b class="b3">ἑλίκη</b>, <b class="b3">ἀδίκη</b>; further unknown LW [loanword]. For Semit. origin Lewy Fremdw. 44: to Hebr. [[mārar]] <b class="b2">be bitter</b> because of the bitter bark (<b class="b3">μυρίκη δυσώδης</b> H. to Aram. [[mōrīqā]] [[crocus]] ?); further <b class="b3">μύρρα</b> (s. v.)? Acc. to Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 97 to <b class="b3">μυρσίνη</b>, <b class="b3">μύρτος</b> without further explanation. - Prob. a Pre-Greek word.