Σμύρναν (Smyrnan)

Σμύρναν is an Ancient Greek form of σμύρνα, meaning “myrrh”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of Σμύρνη, “Smyrna — Ionian city on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor”.

It can also be a form of Σμύρνα, “Smyrna — Ionian city; also Smyrna (Myrrha), mother of Adonis”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 46 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Alexander 25.5: … δὲ φειδομένως χρῶ τοῖς παροῦσι. τότε οὖν Ἀλέξανδρος ἔγραψε πρὸς αὐτόν ἀπεστάλκαμέν σοι λιβανωτὸν ἄφθονον καὶ σμύρναν, ὅπως παύσῃ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς μικρολογούμενος.

Plutarch, Brutus 28.6: ὑπακούσαντος δὲ τοῦ Κασσίου καὶ καταβαίνοντος ἀπήντα καὶ περὶ Σμύρναν ἀλλήλοις ἐνετύγχανον ἀφʼ οὗ πρῶτον ἐν Πειραιεῖ χωρισθέντες ὥρμησαν ὁ μὲν εἰς Συρίαν, ὁ δὲ εἰς Μακεδονίαν.

All forms of σμύρνα (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.