Μυρρίνη
myrtle
Translated by Carl Widstrand17 Jan 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A species of plant.1
Also [sc. attested is] "myrtling", [meaning someone] desiring office. For the officials [sc. in Athens] are crowned with myrtles.2
The tree [in question is the] tamarisk.3
"[Then he called upon him to] take a myrtle in his hand and recite something of Aeschylus".4 For the children used to sing at the symposia, having brought a twig of laurel5 or myrtle.
Also [sc. attested is] "myrtling", [meaning someone] desiring office. For the officials [sc. in Athens] are crowned with myrtles.2
The tree [in question is the] tamarisk.3
"[Then he called upon him to] take a myrtle in his hand and recite something of Aeschylus".4 For the children used to sing at the symposia, having brought a twig of laurel5 or myrtle.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυρρίνη· εἶδος φυτοῦ. καὶ Μυρρινῶν, ἀρχῆς ἐπιθυμῶν. μυρρίναις γὰρ στεφανοῦνται οἱ ἄρχοντες. τὸ δὲ δένδρον Μυρίκη. μυρρίνην λαβόντα, τῶν Αἰσχύλου λέξαι τι. οἱ γὰρ παῖδες ἐν τοῖς συμποσίοις κλῶνα δάφνης ἢ μυρρίνης λαβόντες ᾖδον.
Betacode
*murri/nh: ei)=dos futou=. kai\ *murrinw=n, a)rxh=s e)piqumw=n. murri/nais ga\r stefanou=ntai oi( a)/rxontes. to\ de\ de/ndron *muri/kh. murri/nhn labo/nta, tw=n *ai)sxu/lou le/cai ti. oi( ga\r pai=des e)n toi=s sumposi/ois klw=na da/fnhs h)\ murri/nhs labo/ntes h)=|don.
Notes (5)
- 1Also
mu/rtos, mursi/nh, mu/rrinos andmu/rtis . The fruit, the myrtle-berry, is calledmu/rton which also means female genitalia (mu 1461). See Pliny, Natural History 15.122 for the various types of myrtle. ↩ - 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 861, where myrtles are mentioned; see again at psi 131. Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu601 Theodoridis, and generally LSJ s.v.
murrina/w (not independently attested). ↩ - 3An intrusion into this entry; see rather the preceding one, mu 1437. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Clouds 1364-5, followed by comment from the scholia there. ↩
- 5Daphne, Laurus nobilis. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Sep 2020
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- modified translation and notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Carl Widstrand