σμύρνα

A. myrrh, the gum of an Arabian tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (itself called σμύρνα Apollod. 3.14.4, Ant.Lib. 34.5), used for embalming the dead, Hdt. 2.40,86, cf. 73, Ev.Jo. 19.39; called σμύρνης ἱδρώς by E. Ion 1175; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς S. Fr. 370; ὑποθυμιῆν ς. Hp. Nat.Mul. 6; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος Ar. Eq. 1332; σμύρνῃ ἰώμενοι τὰ ἕλκεα Hdt. 7.181; cf. Thphr. HP 9.1.2, 9.4.3 and 10, Dsc. 1.64, etc.

II. Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, Arr. An. 6.22.4. (The orig. form must have been μύρρα, from Phoen. môrâh; cf. κιννάμωμον.)