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1. smyrna, ae, f., = σμύρνα, myrrh, Lucr. 2, 504; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7.

2. Smyrna (in the best MSS. Zmyr-na), ae, f., = Σμύρνα,

  1. I. a celebrated maritime city of Ionia; according to some, the birthplace of Homer, still called Smyrna, Cic. Fl. 29, 71; id. Agr. 2, 15, 39; id. Att. 9, 9, 2; Liv. 33, 36; 37, 35; Stat. S. 4, 2, 9 al.
    Hence, Smyrnaeus (Zmyr-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smyrna, Smyrnean: sinus, Mel. 1, 17, 3: conventus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120: vates, i. e. Homer, Luc. 9, 984; cf. of the same, plectra, Sil. 8, 595; and, tubae, Sid. Carm. 23, 131.
    Plur. subst.: Smyr-naei (Zmyr-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Smyrna, Cic. Arch. 8, 19; Liv. 37, 16, 8.
  2. II. An ancient name of Ephesus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 115.

† smyrnĭon or zmyrnĭum, ii, n., = σμυρνίον, a kind of herb like myrrh, common Alexanders: Smyrnium olus atrum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133; 19, 8, 48, § 162.

† smyrrhīza, ae, f., = σμυρριξα, a plant, called also myrrha and myrrhis, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, myrrhiza).

† smyrus or zmyr-, i, m., = σμῦρος, a kind of fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151.