Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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A Kulturwort which spread to various other languages, of disputed origin:[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μῠ́ρον (mŭ́ronn (genitive μῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. any sweet juice distilled from plants and used for unguents or perfumes
  2. unguent, sweet oil, perfume, balsam
    1. chrism; muron
    2. place where unguents were sold, perfumery
    3. (figurative) anything graceful, charming, lovely
      • Palatine Anthology 5.90

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μύρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 983

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