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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.