- σμύρνη
- σμύρνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `myrrh' (Hdt., Arist.).Other forms: σμύρνᾰ (Hp., Arist., Thphr. etc.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 254), also ζμύρνα (Hyp., inscr., pap.), gen. σμύρνης (S., E. a. o.)Compounds: Compp. ζμυρνό-μελαν (-ανον, -άνιον), -ανος n. `melange of myrrh and ink' (PMag.), ἁλυκό-σμυρνα f. `kind of myrrh' (Hippiatr.).Derivatives: σμύρνινος (LXX, pap.), -αῖος (AP) `made of m.'; -ίζω `to treat, to season with m., to resemble m.' (Ev. Mark., Dsc.) with -ισις f. (Aët.), -ιάζω ( ?, Alex. Trall.); -ειον (Nic.), -ιον (Dsc., Gal.) n. plantname (after the smell of the seed; Strömberg 62).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Prob. backformation from Σμυρναία (μύρρα) "the Smyrnaean"; Heubeck Beitr. zur Namenforsch. 1, 272 f. with critism of the interpretation, σμύρνα would be a by-form of μύρρα.Page in Frisk: 2,751-752
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.