μυρίζω
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
English (LSJ)
A rub with ointment or unguent, anoint, Ar.Lys.938, Alc. Com.23; μύροισιν μ. Ar.Pl.529:—Med., anoint oneself, Antiph.148.5, Men.518.15; ἐξ ἀλαβάστου Alex.62.1:—Pass., μεμυρις μένοι τὸ σῶμα Hdt.1.195, cf. Antiph.190.2, Arist.Mir.832a4; μυρίζεσθαι τὴν κεφαλήν Plu.2.142a. II in Pass. also, μ. τινί to be fragrant with... Hld.10.26. (Cf. σμυρίζω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 219] salben, besalben; βούλει μυρίσω σε, Ar. Lys. 938; μυρίσαι μύροις, Plut. 529; Her. 1, 195; Antiphan. bei Ath. VIII, 342 e; λίθον, Anacr. 30, 11; μεμυρισμένος, 36, 22; a. Sp.; οἷς ἡ Ἀραβία γῆ μυρίζεται, wovon Arabien duftet, wie von wohlriechenden Salben, Heliod. 10.
