σικυών

σῐκῠ-ών, ῶνος, ὁ,

• cucumber-bed, Eust. 291.36, etc.
• • II as pr. n. Σῐκῠών, ῶνος, ἡ, Sicyon, Pi. N. 9.53, etc.; also ὁ, X. HG 4.2.14, 7.2.11; gender indeterm. in Il. 2.572, 23.299; as Adj., γῆ Σ. Arist. Fr. 640.26:—regul. Adj. Σῐκῠώνιος, α, ον, Sicyonian, Th. 1.28, etc.; Σ. ἔλαιον Sicyonian olive oil, Dsc. 1.30, Gal. 11.739 (but σικυώνιον ἔλαιον oil of σίκυς, Aët. 1.122, Alex.Trall. Febr. 3, Paul.Aeg. 3.77, 7.20); Σῐκῠωνικός or Σῐκῠων-ιακός, ή, όν, Callix. 2, Ath. 6.271d.—Adv. Σῐκῠωνόθε, of or from Sicyon, Pi. N. 9.1.—The people themselves called their town Σεκυών, A.D. Adv. 144.20, cf. Σεκυώνιοι GDI 2581.273 (Delph., ii B.C.); its oldest name was Αἰγιαλεῖς and then Μηκώνη, acc. to Str. 8.6.25.