sicya
[σικύα]Cf. et.sicida, sicys., (med.) instrument for cupping, cupping-glass (orig. so called from resemblance to the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris), to which σικύα properly refers).siciam majorem ad mamillas apponeGilb.VII 292v. 2; scicia est ventosa, dicta a sitio, sitisSB39; sicia est ventosa, sic dicta a sitio, -tisAlph.173.