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|Definition=[ῠ], τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sweet]] [[oil]], [[unguent]], [[perfume]], Archil.31 (pl.), Alc.36, Sapph.''Supp.''23.18, Anacr.9, A.''Fr.''14 (pl.), Hdt.3.22; μύρον ἑψῆσαι Ar.''Lys.''946; ὄζω μύρου Id.''Ec.''524; μ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς καταχέαι Pl. ''R.''398a; mixed with [[wine]], Ael.''VH''12.31; various kinds in Dsc.1.42 sqq., Ath.15.688e sqq.; μύρον [[Μενδήσιος|Μενδήσιον]], μύρον [[ηθητός|ἠθητόν]], ''PCair.Zen.''89.3, 436.1 (iii B. C.): [[proverb|prov.]], [[τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μύρον]] = [[sweet oil on lentils]], i.e. '[[a jewel of gold in a swine's snout]]', '[[lipstick on a pig]]' Cic.''Att.''1.19.2, cf. Stratt.45, Sopat.14, title of [[Menippean]] Satire by [[Varro]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> place where [[unguent]]s were sold, [[perfume market]], τὰ [[μειράκιον|μειράκια]]… τἀν τῷ μ. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1375, cf. Polyzel.11; οἱ δ' ἐν τῷ μ. λαλεῖτε Pherecr.2; ἵσταται πρὸς τῷ μ. Eup.209.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., anything [[graceful]] or [[charming]], AP 5.89.