fig-tree, Ficus Carica
σῡκέα,ἡ, only Dor. (v.συκία), Ep. nom. pl.
A.
συκέαι
Od. 7.116
, acc. συκέας
24.341
(both disyll.); Ion. acc. sg. συκέην
Hdt. 1.193
, 4.23 , gen. pl. συκέων
1.193
; elsewh. only in contr. or analogical forms fromσυκῆ( Ep. and Ion. nom. συκῆ
Od. 24.246
, Archil. 19 , acc. συκῆν
Hippon. 34
), IG 12.313.163 , Ar. Ec. 708 , etc.:—fig-tree, Ficus Carica, Hom. only in Od. ; ς. γλυκεραί
7.116
; for various kinds,v.
Thphr. HP 1.3.1 , 3.9.3 , 4.2.3 , 4.4.4 , Ath. 3.74c sq.;ἱερὰ ς. a suburb of Eleusis, where Demeter first produced the fig-tree,IGl.c., Paus. 1.37.2 , Ath. 3.74d , Philostr. VS 2.20.3 .
2. ς. Αἰγυπτία,=κερωνία, Thphr. HP 1.11.2 .
3. ς. περὶ τὴν Ἴδην,Amelanchier, Amelanchias vulgaris, ib. 3.17.4 .
4.
= χαμαισύκη , Dsc. 4.169 .
5. banyan, Ficus bengalensis, Thphr HP 4.4.4 .
II.
= σῦκον
1 ,fig, Ar. Av. 590 .
III. atarorresinin Aleppo pine, Thphr. HP 3.9.3 , Plin. HN 16.44 .
IV. a kind ofspurge,=πέπλιον, Ps.- Dsc. 4.168 , Plin. HN 27.119 .
V.
= σῦκον 11,excrescenceon the body, Dsc. 2.170 , Poll. 4.203 , Hippiatr. 82 .
VI. aseaweed, Thphr. HP 4.6.2 .
