σμύρνα

= μύρρα, 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. HP 9.1.2, 9.4.3 and 10, Dsc. 1.64, etc.

Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, Arr. An. 6.22.4. (The orig. form must have been μύρρα, from Phoen. môrâh ; cf. κιννάμωμον.)

Smyrna, in Ionia, Hom. Epigr. 4.6, Mimn. 9.6 (where it is called Aeolic, cf. Hdt. 1.149):—Σμυρναῖος, α, ον, of Smyrna, Pi. Fr. 204; Σμυρναϊκός, ή, όν, Dorio ap. Ath. 7.319d, etc.— In Inscrr. and Coins freq. written Ζμύρνα, Ζμυρναῖος, IG 3.128.14, IGRom. 4.1545 (Erythrae), Head Hist.Num. p.593.