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σικύα

σικύα, bottle gourd; a cupping instrument

σῐκύ-α [ῠ], Ion. σῐκ-ύη, ἡ,
  • bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris, Arist. HA 616a22, Thphr. HP 1.13.3, CP 1.10.4.
      • 2 σ. Ἰνδική,= κολοκύντη, Euthyd. ap. Ath. 2.58f, cf. Menodor.ib. 59a: but σ. distd. fr. κολοκύντη in Hellespontian dialect, Ath. 2.59a.
      • 3 = κολοκυνθίς, Hp. Mul. 1.37; σ. πικρά Dsc. 4.176.
      • 4 gourd used as a calabash, Sammelb. 7202.20 (iii B.C.).
    • II cupping-instrument, because it was shaped like the gourd, Crates Com. 41, Hp. VM 22, Aph. 5.50, Pl. Ti. 79e, Arist. Rh. 1405b3, IG 2(2).47.8,11.

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