- σμύρνα
- σμύρνα, ης, ἡ (Trag., Hdt.+; En 29:2; OGI 214, 58; POxy 234 II; PGM 13, 20 al. [here mostly spelled ζμύρνα, in line w. the tendency for ζ to replace ς in pap and ins after 329 B.C.: UPohle, D. Sprache des Redners Hypereides 1928, 11f]; PGrenf I, 14, 9; 10; 18; 192, 11; 205, 11; Ps 44:9; SSol 3:6 σμ. καὶ λίβανον; Jos., Ant. 3, 197) the resinous gum of the bush ‘balsamodendron myrrha’, myrrh: w. incense and other aromatic substances (Diod S 5, 41, 4–6) 1 Cl 25:2. W. gold and incense Mt 2:11 (GJs 21:3).W. aloes (s. ἀλόη) J 19:39 (for embalming a corpse, as Hdt. 2, 40; 86; 3, 107; Theophr., HP 9, 3f).—ILöw, D. Flora d. Juden I 1928, 305–11; RSteuer, Myrrhe u. Stakte ’33; PGrassi, Aromi inutili: Religio 10, ’34, 530–33; Zohary, Plants 200; Pauly-W. III A 728–30; Kl. Pauly III 1524f; BHHW II 1263f.—DELG s.v. σμύρνη. M-M. TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.