σίκῠος [ῐ]
or σῐκῠός, ὁ (also σίκυς, ἡ, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 151, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.135, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.89] Refs 7th c.BC+] (see at {βουβάλιος})), cucumber, Cucumis sativus, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 520, “Pax” 1001, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.4.1, Diocl.fragment 49, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 176.4, +others (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σίκυς ἥμερος [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place] ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; eaten unripe and raw, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.55; but also σ. πέπων, see at {πέπων} I.2 (πέπων] Refs 5th c.BC+] alone is condemned by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 230)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also called σ. σπερματίας, seeding, i.e. ripe cucumber, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 136. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 σ. ἄγριος squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 95, “Mul.” 1.77, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.15.6; also σίκυς ἄγριος 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.150. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]