μυρίκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[on the quantity v. infr.], ἡ, [[tamarisk]] (in Greece, [[Tamarix tetrandra]]; in Egypt, [[Tamarix articulata]]), <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.).

|ftr='''μυρίκη''': {muríkē}<br />'''Grammar''': f.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Tamariske]] (seit Il.; urspr. ι; durch metr. Dehnung ι, s. Solmsen Unt. 14 f.).<br />'''Derivative''': Davon μυρί̄κινος [[von der Tamariske]] (''Z'' 39 [ι metr. gedehnt], Pap.), -ίνεος ib. (''AP''), -ώδης [[tamariskenähnlich]] (Thphr.); [[Μυρικαῖος]] Bein. des Apollon in Lesbos (Sch. Nik. ''Th''. 613).<br />'''Etymology''': Ausgang wie in [[ἑλίκη]], [[ἀδίκη]]; sonst dunkles LW. Für semit. Herkunft Lewy Fremdw. 44: zu hebr. ''mārar'' [[bitter sein]] wegen der bitteren Rinde ([[μυρίκη]]· [[δυσώδης]] H. zu aram. ''mōrīqā'' [[Crocus]] ?); dazu noch [[μύρρα]] (s. d.). Nach Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 97 zu [[μυρσίνη]], [[μύρτος]] ohne nähere Begründung.<br />'''Page''' 2,271