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1 Murra, Myrrha [CL< Μύρρα], ~um, ~us 1 Myrrha, Smyrna, daughter of Cinyras, mother of Adonis through incest with her father. Cinyras iste filiam habuit Myrrham, que patrem suum amabat Natura Deorum 165; decima fabula de Mirra et Cinara patre suo, quem Mirra amavit turpiter et ideo versa in arborem mirram Wals. AD 145; Ib. infra). 2 tree into which Myrrha was changed, myrrh tree (Commiphora schimperi or sim.). distillans myrrham myrrha frutecta tenet Neckam DS VIII 48; Ib. (v. 4a infra); myrrha [Trevisamirra] est arbor in Arabia altitudinis quinque cubitorum similis spine quam achantum dicunt Bart. Angl. XVII 102; hic habuere locum, / juniperusque rogi custos, montana cypressus / mirraque ventre gravis et lacrimosa parens Garl. Epith. IV 166; Wals. AD 145 (v. 1 supra); mira, lacrinum est arbor cujusdem [sic] nominis que in Arabia invenitur, hec arbor incisa lacrimam emittit. est ergo optima mirra que est mundissima, tactu aspera et arida, odore suavis, gustu amara et est calefaciens Alph. 119. 3 aromatic herb. murra et aloae herbae sunt GlC M 313; murra et aloe herbe sunt Gl. Leid. 10. 18; hic redolent flores rosarum et illia convallium, ‥ myrrha et aloe ‥ (Lit.) M. Rievaulx 65. 4 myrrh, aromatic gum of myrrh tree; b (fig.). aloae ‥ pulvis ejus miscetur cum mirra. myrra vero unguentum est Comm. Cant. III 148; Neckam DS VIII 48 (v. 2 supra); ortus aroma dabat, piper album, mite cuminum, / et quicquid murie gracius esse potest A. Meaux Susanna 144; nobilitas et salis et mirre degenerat in cadaver V. Edm. Rich C 606; murra datur ad bibendum ad puncturas scorpionis Kilwardby Jejun. 171; myron est unguentum a quo myrrum in usu Latinorum; myron est myrra Bacon Gram. Gk. 63; si gustare velis modulamina dulcia celi, / est tibi mundana mirra bibenda prius Gower VC IV 514; c1420 eidem pro dimidio libre marre ‥ empta pro eadem medicine[sic] (KR Ac) JRL Bull. XXVI 273; musus vel murus, sapor camphoratus MS BL Sloane 3217 f. 150v.  b suave tamen redolent virtutum cinnama, myrrha Neckam DS III 289; mirram odoris incliti / ejus distillant digiti, / rubente cincti stillula J. Howd. Cyth. 138.

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