Smyrna (in the best MSS. Zmyr-na), ae, f., = Σμύρνα,
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. : Smyrnaei ( Zmyr- ), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Smyrna , Cic. Arch. 8, 19; Liv. 37, 16, 8. —
II An ancient name of Ephesus , Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 115.