σίκῠος [ῐ]orσῐκῠός,ὁ(alsoσίκυς,ἡ, Alc. 151 , Dsc. 2.135 , Gal. 19.89 (
A.
s.v. βουβάλιος )),cucumber, Cucumis sativus, Ar. Ach. 520 , Pax 1001 , Thphr. HP 7.4.1 , Diocl.Fr. 49 , al., PCair.Zen. 176.4 , al.(iii B.C.); σίκυς ἥμερος
Dsc.
l.c.; eaten unripe and raw, Hp. Vict. 2.55 ; but alsoς. πέπων, v. πέπων
1.2 (πέπωνalone is condemned by Phryn. 230 ); also calledς. σπερματίας, seeding, i.e. ripecucumber, Cratin. 136 .
2. ς. ἄγριος squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium, Hp. Nat.Mul. 95 , Mul. 1.77 , Thphr. HP 9.15.6 ; also σίκυς ἄγριος
Dsc. 4.150
.