μύρρα

See also: Μύρρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a Semitic source akin to Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýr̥.r̥aː/ → /ˈmyr.ra/ → /ˈmi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýr̥.r̥aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/

Noun

μύρρᾱ • (múrrhā) f (genitive μύρρᾱς); first declension

1. myrrh

   Synonym: σμύρνα (smúrna)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μύρρᾱ; τῆς μύρρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μύρρᾱ hē múrrhā	τὼ μύρρᾱ tṑ múrrhā	αἱ μύρραι hai múrrhai
Genitive	τῆς μύρρᾱς tês múrrhās	τοῖν μύρραιν toîn múrrhain	τῶν μυρρῶν tôn murrhôn
Dative	τῇ μύρρᾳ têi múrrhāi	τοῖν μύρραιν toîn múrrhain	ταῖς μύρραις taîs múrrhais
Accusative	τὴν μύρρᾱν tḕn múrrhān	τὼ μύρρᾱ tṑ múrrhā	τᾱ̀ς μύρρᾱς tā̀s múrrhās
Vocative	μύρρᾱ múrrhā	μύρρᾱ múrrhā	μύρραι múrrhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μυρρίς (murrhís)
• μυρρίτης (murrhítēs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: myrrha

References

• “μύρρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μύρρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μύρρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Noun

μύρρα • (mýrra) f

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of μύρρο (mýrro).