ἐρευθέ-δανον

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `myrtle, twig or spray of m.' (Pi., Simon.), μύρτον n. = μυρσίνη (Archil. after EM 324, 14), `myrtleberry' (Att.), `pudenda muliebria' (Ar.); on the diff. in gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 30.

Compounds: Few Compp., e.g. μυρτο-πώλης m. `myrtle-handler' ( Sammelb. I^a), ἱερό-μυρτος f. = μυρσίνη ἀγρία (Ps.-Dsc.).

Derivatives: 1. μύρσινος, Att. μύρρινος, also μύρτινος (Eub., Thphr. Levelling of assibilation after μύρτος) `of myrtle' (on ρσ: ρρ: ρτ Schwyzer 270 a. 285); μυρσίνη, - ρρ- f. `myrtle, -twig, -crown' (IA.; μυρσινο-ειδής h. Merc. 81) with μυρσιν-ίτης ( οἶνος) `myrtlewine' (Dsc.), `kind of stone' (Plin., prob. after the colour), `kind of Euphorbia' (Dsc.; after the form of the leaves, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 43; on - ίτης Redard 58, 74, 98); - ινος `of myrtle' (Dsc., Aët.), Μυρριν-οῦς, - οῦντος m., - οῦττα f. names of Attic demes with - ούσιοι pl. `inhabitants of M.' (Schwyzer 528); μυρσινᾶτον ἔλαιον `myrtle-oil' (medic.; Lat. - ātum in γουττᾶτον [s.v.] a.o.); also μυρτίνη f. `kind of olive, kind of pear-tree' (Nic.). -- 2. μυρτίς, - ίδος f. `myrtle-berry' (hell.), also μυρτία μυρσίνη, καὶ μυρτίς H. μυρτάς, - άδος f. `kind of peartree etc.' (Nic., Gal.). -- 3. μυρτίδανον n. `myrtle-like plant etc.' (Hp.; to μυρτίς?, cf. ἐρευθέ-δανον a.o. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 147 f.). -- 4. μυρταλίς ἡ ὀξυμυρρίνη ("butcher's broom"), ὡς Λάκωνες H.; as συκ-αλίς a.o. (Strömberg 78). -- 5. μυρτ-ίτης = μυρσιν-ίτης (Thphr., Nic.; Redard 74 a. 98). -- 6. μυρτεών, - ῶνος m. `murtetum' (gloss.), also μυρσεών `id.' (gloss.; after μύρσινος, Schw. 271). -- 7. μυρτωταί f. pl. `vases decorated with myrtle-twigs?' (vase-inscr., AmJArch 31, 349f.; like μηλωτή a.o.). -- 8. μύρτων, - ωνος m. about `weakling' or `debauchee' (Luc. Lex.). -- 9. μυρτίλωψ ζῳ̃όν τι H.; formation like αἰγίλωψ a. o.; not with Strömberg Wortstudien 20 μυρτί-λωψ "the animal, that peels the myrtle". -- PN and PN like Μύρτος with Μυρτῳ̃ος, Μύρσινος, Μύρσος, Μυρτίλος, Μυρσίλος etc.; s. Heubeck Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 1, 271.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Because of the sound-similarity and the semantic proximity μύρτος, μύρρα, μυρίκη are usually with Lewy Fremdw. 42ff. (s. esp. Heubeck 282 w. further hypotheses) without further argumentation considered as cognate Semit. LW [loanword]. Rejected bu Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 97, where μύρρα is dismissed and also μύρτος and μυρίκη are kept together only with reserve. -- From μύρτος, - ον Lat. murtus, -um as well as Arm. murt, NPers. mūrd. - The variation μυρτ-\/ μυρσ- ( μυρρ-?) clearly points to a Pre-Greek word; Fur. 259. Semitic origin is rejected by DELG. Heubeck (l.c.) takes the group as from Asia Minor, which does not exclude that it is Pre-Greek.

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