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Smyrna (in the best MSS. Zmyr-na ), ae, f., = Σμύρνα,
I.a celebrated maritime city of Ionia; according to some, the birthplace of Homer, still called Smyrna, Cic. Fl. 29, 71; id. Agr. 2, 15, 39; id. Att. 9, 9, 2; Liv. 33, 36; 37, 35; Stat. S. 4, 2, 9 al.— Hence, Smyrnaeus (Zmyr- ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smyrna, Smyrnean: “sinus,” Mel. 1, 17, 3: “conventus,” Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120: “vates,” i. e. Homer, Luc. 9, 984; cf. “of the same, plectra,” Sil. 8, 595; “and, tubae,” Sid. Carm. 23, 131.—Plur. subst.: Smyr-naei (Zmyr- ), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Smyrna, Cic. Arch. 8, 19; Liv. 37, 16, 8. —
II. An ancient name of Ephesus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 115.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.9.2
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.15.39
    • Cicero, For Archias, 8.19
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.984
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 36
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 16.8
    • Statius, Silvae, 4.2
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