sicys

sicys [σίκυς var. of σίκυος = cucumber; cf. sicida, sicya] 1 (bot.) wild (? squirting) cucumber (v. cucumis 1b). cucumeris agrestis ‥ nascitur in campis et in locis arenosis [v. l. adds: respice ‥ in sicides vel sicida] Alph. 47; sicides, id est cucumeres agrestes Ib. 169. 2 (assoc. or conf. w. ‘bryony’ or ‘wild gourd’, v. bryonia, cucurbita b; cf. et. sicida). cucurbita Alexandrina vel cucurbita agrestis, brionia idem. G. et A. gourde [v. l. adds: respice ‥ in sicides] Alph. 46.

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