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† smăragdĭnus (zmăr-; smar- with long a, Prud. Psych. 862), a, um, adj., = σμαράγδινος, of or belonging to the emerald, smaragdine: emplastrum (on account of its green color), Cels. 5, 19, 4; cf. prata, Prud. l. l.: lapis, Vulg. Esth. 1, 6.
Postclass. collat. form smăragdĭnĕus, a, um, adj.: viriditas, Mart. Cap. 1, § 66: postis, Ven. Carm. 8, 8, 18.

† Smăragdītes (Zmăr-), ae, m. (sc. mons), a mountain on which the smaragdus was found, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 74.

† smăragdus (in many MSS. written also zmăr-: smărăgdus, Mart. 5, 11, 1), i, comm. (m., Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 62; Luc. 10, 121; f., Mart. 4, 28, 4; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 563), = σμάραγδός, a transparent precious stone of a bright green color; including not only our emerald, but also the beryl, jasper, malachite, etc., Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 62; 37, 5, 18, § 73; Lucr. 2, 805; 4, 1126; Tib. 1, 1, 51; 2, 4, 27; Ov. M. 2, 24; Stat. Th. 2, 276 al.

† smăris (zmăris), ĭdis, f., = σμαρίς, a small sea-fish of inferior quality, Ov. Hal. 120; Plin. 32, 9, 34, § 106; 32, 10, 45, § 128; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

† smectĭcus, a, um, adj., = σμηκτικός, cleansing, abstersive: vis, Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 29.

† smegma (smigma and zmeg-ma), ătis (dat. plur. smegmatis, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 92), n., = σμῆγμα, a cleansing medicine, a detergent, Plin. 22, 25, 74, § 156; 34, 13, 36, § 134.
For making the skin smooth, Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 64 (2d edit.): afferte mihi smigmata, Vulg. Dan. 13, 17.

† smerdălĕos, a, um, adj., = σμερδαλέος, terrible, Auct. Priap. 69 sq.

Smerdis, is, m.

  1. I. A brother of Cambyses, king of Persia, by whom he was put to death, Just. 1, 9, 4.
  2. II. An impostor named Oropastes, who assumed the name of Smerdis after the death of Cambyses, Just. 1, 9, §§ 9, 10.

smigma, v. smegma fin.

† smīla, ae, f., = σμίλη, a knife (syn. scalprum), Arn. 5, 172 Orell. N. cr.

† smīlax, ăcis, f., = σμῖλαξ.

  1. I. Bindweed, withwind, rough smilax: Smilax aspera, Linn.; Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 24, 10, 49, § 82.
    Hence Smilax personified, a maiden who was changed into this herb, Ov. M. 4, 283.
  2. II. The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51.
  3. III. A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.

† smīlĭon, ii, n., = σμιλίον, a kind of medicinal salve, Marc. Emp. 35 fin.

Smintheus or Zmin- (dissyl.), ĕi, m., = Σμινθεύς, an epithet of Apollo (from the Cretan σμίνθος, mouse, i. e. the mousekiller; or, as Aristarchus asserts, from Smintha (Σμίνθη), a town in the Troad, the Sminthean, Lact. 1, 7, 9; Ov. F. 6, 425; acc. Sminthea, id. M. 12, 585.
Hence,

    1. 1. Sminthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smintheus: spolia, i. e. Astynome, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, Sen. Agam. 176.
    2. 2. Sminthius (Zmin-), a, um, adj., of Smintheus: mures (acc. to the myth, killed by Apollo), Arn. 3, 119; Dict. Cret. 14; 47: templum, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.

1. smyrna, ae, f., = σμύρνα, myrrh, Lucr. 2, 504; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7.

2. Smyrna (in the best MSS. Zmyr-na), ae, f., = Σμύρνα,

  1. I. a celebrated maritime city of Ionia; according to some, the birthplace of Homer, still called Smyrna, Cic. Fl. 29, 71; id. Agr. 2, 15, 39; id. Att. 9, 9, 2; Liv. 33, 36; 37, 35; Stat. S. 4, 2, 9 al.
    Hence, Smyrnaeus (Zmyr-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Smyrna, Smyrnean: sinus, Mel. 1, 17, 3: conventus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120: vates, i. e. Homer, Luc. 9, 984; cf. of the same, plectra, Sil. 8, 595; and, tubae, Sid. Carm. 23, 131.
    Plur. subst.: Smyr-naei (Zmyr-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Smyrna, Cic. Arch. 8, 19; Liv. 37, 16, 8.
  2. II. An ancient name of Ephesus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 115.

† smyrnĭon or zmyrnĭum, ii, n., = σμυρνίον, a kind of herb like myrrh, common Alexanders: Smyrnium olus atrum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133; 19, 8, 48, § 162.

† smyrrhīza, ae, f., = σμυρριξα, a plant, called also myrrha and myrrhis, Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, myrrhiza).

† smyrus or zmyr-, i, m., = σμῦρος, a kind of fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151.