σμύρνα
Τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους → Invenit amicos hominibuspecunia → Was den Menschen Freunde findet, ist das Geld
English (LSJ)
freq. written ζμύρνα as in PSI4.328.2 (iii B.C.), PTeb.35.4 (ii B.C.), PMag.Par.1.781, etc., ἡ,= μύρρα,
A myrrh, the gum of an Arabian tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (itself called σμύρνα Apollod. 3.14.4, Ant.Lib.34.5), used for embalming the dead, Hdt.2.40,86, cf. 73, Ev.Jo.19.39; called σμύρνης ἱδρώς by E.Ion 1175; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς S.Fr.370; ὑποθυμιῆν σ. Hp.Nat.Mul.6; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος Ar.Eq.1332; σμύρνῃ ἰώμενοι τὰ ἕλκεα Hdt.7.181; cf. Thphr.HP9.1.2, 9.4.3 and 10, Dsc.1.64, etc. II Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, Arr.An.6.22.4. (The orig. form must have been μύρρα, from Phoen. môrâh; cf. κιννάμωμον.)
