σῐκύ-α [ῠ], Ion.
σῐκυ-ύη,ἡ,
A. bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris, Arist. HA 616a22 , Thphr. HP 1.13.3 , CP 1.10.4 .
2. ς. Ἰνδική,=κολοκύντη, Euthyd. ap. Ath. 2.58f , cf. Menodor.ib. 59a : butς. distd. fr.κολοκύντηin Hellespontian dialect, Ath. 2.59a .
3.
= κολοκυνθίς , Hp. Mul. 1.37 ; ς. πικρά
Dsc. 4.176
.
4. gourdused as a calabash, Sammelb. 7202.20
(iii B.C.).
II. cupping-instrument, because it was shapedlikethe gourd, Crates Com. 41 , Hp. VM 22 , Aph. 5.50 , Pl. Ti. 79e , Arist. Rh. 1405b3 , IG 22.47.8 , 11 .