sycomorus

sȳcŏmŏrus, v. sycaminus.

sȳcomorus, ī, f. (συκόμορος), der wilde Feigenbaum, die ägyptische Feige, Maulbeerfeige, Adamsfeige (Ficus Sycomorus, L.), Cels. 5, 18, 7. Isid. orig. 17, 7, 20. Vulg. 3. regg. 10, 27. Vulg. 2. par. 1, 15 u.a.

sycomorus [CL < συκόμορος] 1 mulberry-leaved sycamore fig tree (Ficus sycomorus); b (w. false etym. assoc. w. μωρός, gl. as ficus fatua). c fruit of the sycamore fig tree. 800 cum Zacheo pro brevitate staturae nostrae stare in ~o Jesumque cernere transeuntem [cf. Luc. xix 4] Alcuin Ep. 196; 1166 nisi cum de siccomoro jam descendisset G. Foliot Ep. 170 p. 243; queritur quare quidam fructus ut cerasa ‥ et maxime sicomorus, si contingat aliquem pannum suscipientem suum colorem ‥ non amittat illum colorem donec folia cadant Quaest. Salern. B 164; ut evulsis sicomoris cedros immutaret [cf. Is. ix 10] Chr. Dale 9; sicomorus ‥ arbor est cujus fructus dicitur siccima Alph. 170.  b sicomorus ‥ ficus fatua dicitur Bede Luke 560B; sicos ‥ Grece ficus, ut sicomoros, ficus fatua Gerv. Tilb. II 12; per sima sunt hujusmodi: ~us, ficus fatua Bacon Gram. Gk. 65; sicomorus, i. ficus fatua SB 39; sicomorus vel sicomus, i. ficus fatua ‥ G. et A. sicamour Alph. 170.  c c1168 exulem in deserto ‥ siccamina [v. l. siccamoros] vellicare [cf. Am. vii 14: sycomoros vellicans] J. Sal. Ep. 281 (250). 2 (by conf. w. 4 morus and sycaminus) mulberry tree. b fruit of the mulberry tree. mora quedam domestica dicuntur citomora Alph. 120.  b certe ~os [Trevisa: moolberyes] vellicans [cf. Am. vii 14] uvam acerbam proponere delicatis Higd. I 1 p. 10.

sȳcŏmŏrus, ī, f. (συκόμορος), sycomore [arbre] : Cels. Med. 5, 18, 7.

*sycomorus, i. f.
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