smyrna
Dictionary entries
- Entry →smyrna, smyrnae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
myrrh; Smyrna (city on the coast of Ionia);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...novo rerum superata colore iacerent et contemptus odor smyrnae mellisque sapores, et cycnea mele Phoebeaque daedala chordis carmina..."De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...schola, Rutilium Rafum damnatum in Asiam secutus, ibidem Smyrnae simul consenuit, composuitque variae eruditionis aliquot volumina, ex quibus..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...pariter mihi vertice laeto nectat odoratas et Smyrna et Mantua lauros, digna loquar. mediis videor discumbere in astris..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Phoebi. Sed neque barbaricis Latio transmissus ab oris: Smyrna tibi gentile solum potusque verendo, fonte Meles Hermique vadum..."