σμύρνα

σμύρνα

See also: Σμύρνα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζμύρνα (zmúrna), σμύρνη (smúrnē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from the city of Σμύρνα (Smúrna, “Izmir”) and not a by-form of μύρρα (múrrha, “myrrh”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmýr.na/ → /ˈzmyr.na/ → /ˈzmir.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmýr.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmir.na/

Noun

σμῠ́ρνᾰ • (smúrna) f (genitive σμῠ́ρνης); first declension

1. myrrh, the gum of Commiphora myrrha

   Synonym: μύρρα (múrrha)

2. Indian bdellium, the resin of Commiphora wightii

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σμῠ́ρνᾰ; τῆς σμῠ́ρνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σμῠ́ρνᾰ hē smúrna	τὼ σμῠ́ρνᾱ tṑ smúrnā	αἱ σμῠ́ρναι hai smúrnai
Genitive	τῆς σμῠ́ρνης tês smúrnēs	τοῖν σμῠ́ρναιν toîn smúrnain	τῶν σμῠρνῶν tôn smurnôn
Dative	τῇ σμῠ́ρνῃ têi smúrnēi	τοῖν σμῠ́ρναιν toîn smúrnain	ταῖς σμῠ́ρναις taîs smúrnais
Accusative	τὴν σμῠ́ρνᾰν tḕn smúrnan	τὼ σμῠ́ρνᾱ tṑ smúrnā	τᾱ̀ς σμῠ́ρνᾱς tā̀s smúrnās
Vocative	σμῠ́ρνᾰ smúrna	σμῠ́ρνᾱ smúrnā	σμῠ́ρναι smúrnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σμυρναῖος (smurnaîos)
• σμυρνεῖον (smurneîon)
• σμυρνίζω (smurnízō)
• σμύρνινος (smúrninos)
• σμύρνιον (smúrnion)
• σμύρνισις (smúrnisis)
• σμυρνόμελαν (smurnómelan)
• σμυρνοφόρος (smurnophóros)
• σμυρνόω (smurnóō)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: smyrna

Further reading

• σμύρνα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σμύρνα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σμύρνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN