μυρίκη
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
[on the quantity v. infr.], ἡ,
A tamarisk (in Greece, Tamarix tetrandra; in Egypt, Tamarix articulata), θῆκεν ἀνὰ μυρίκην [ῐ] Il. 10.466; μυρίκης ἐριθηλέας ὄζους ib.467; δόρυ . . κεκλιμένον μυρίκῃσιν 21.18, cf. h.Merc.81, Nic.Th.612; but πτελέαι τε καὶ ἰτέαι ἠδὲ μυρῖκαι Il.21.350, cf. Theoc.1.13, 5.101, and Lat. myrīca; ἐκ μυρίκης πεποιημένη θύρη Hdt.2.96; μυρίκης κλῶνα Alc.119: pl., PCair.Zen.383.16 (iii B. C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 219] ἡ, die Tamariske, ein strauchartiges Gewächs, bes. in sumpfigen Gegenden häufig; μυρίκης τ' ἐριθηλέας ὄζους Il. 10, 467; δόρυ κεκλιμένον μυρίκῃσιν, 21, 18. 350; Folgde; ἐκ μυρίκης πεποιημένη θύρη Her. 2, 69; Theophr. u. Diosc.[Ι auch kurz gebraucht, Il. 10, 466. 21, 18 H. h. Merc. 81.]
