myrotheca

myrotheca [LL < μυροθήκη] , receptacle for unguent; b (fig.). in merothece, in domo ungentorum GlC I 142; merotetes, domus ungentorum Ib. M 138; in myrthece, in domo unguentorum Gl. Leid. 35. 169; hec mirreteca, est repositorium ung’ WW. b lucebat area purpurata ‥ ut divinarum ac secularium rerum mirotheca, ut varia oblectamenta, humanos oculos et mentes gratificantia Gosc. Edith 44.