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μύρον

μύρον, sweet juice extracted form plants, sweet-oil, unguent, balsam

μύρον [ῠ], τό,
  • sweet oil, unguent, perfume, Archil. 31 (pl.), Alc. 36, Sapph. 94.18 L.-P., Anacr. 9, A. Fr. 14 (pl.), Hdt. 3.22; μύρον ἑψῆσαι Ar. Lys. 946; ὄζω μύρου Id. Ec. 524; μ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς καταχέαι Pl. R. 398a; mixed with wine, Ael. VH 12.31; various kinds in Dsc. 1.42 sqq., Ath. 15.688e sqq.; μ. Μενδήσιον, ἠθητόν, PCair.Zen. 89.3, 436.1 (iii B. C.): prov., τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μ. sweet oil on lentils, i.e. ‘a jewel of gold in a swineʼs snout’, Cic. Att. 1.19.2, cf. Stratt. 45, Sopat. 14, title of Menippean Satire by Varro.
      • 2 place where unguents were sold, perfume-market, τὰ μειράκια . . τἀν τῷ μ. Ar. Eq. 1375, cf. Polyzel. 11; οἱ δʼ ἐν τῷ μ. λαλεῖτε Pherecr. 2; ἵσταται πρὸς τῷ μ. Eup. 209.
      • 3 metaph., anything graceful or charming, AP 5.89.

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