σμύρνα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=freq. written ζμύρνα as in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.328.2</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>35.4</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.781, etc., ἡ,= <b class="b3">μύρρα</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">myrrh</b>, the gum of an Arabian tree, <b class="b2">Balsamodendron Myrrha</b> (itself called σμύρνα <span class="bibl">Apollod. 3.14.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.34.5</span>), used for embalming the dead, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.40</span>,<span class="bibl">86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">73</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>19.39</span>; called <b class="b3">σμύρνης ἱδρώς</b> by <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1175</span>; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>370</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποθυμιῆν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>6</span>; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1332</span>; σμύρνῃ ἰώμενοι τὰ ἕλκεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.181</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">9.4.3</span> and <span class="bibl">10</span>, Dsc.1.64, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul</b>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>6.22.4</span>. (The orig. form must have been <b class="b3">μύρρα</b>, from Phoen. <b class="b2">môrâh</b>; cf. [[κιννάμωμον]].)</span>