σῦκον

σῦκον, Boeot. τῦκον (Stratt. 47.5), τό,

• fruit of the συκῆ, fig, Od. 7.121, Hdt. 2.40, etc.; βασίλεια σ. were a large kind, Philem. 241; to eat figs in the heat of the day was thought to cause fever, Pherecr. 80, Ar. Fr. 463, Nicopho 12; ξηρὰ σ. Pl. Lg. 845b: prov., ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων ‘as different as chalk from cheese’, Henioch. 4.2; σύκῳ . . σ. οὐδὲ ἓν οὕτως ὅμοιον γέγονεν Poet. ap. Cic. Att. 4.8b. 2, cf. Herod. 6.60; τὰ σῦκα σῦκα . . ὀνομάζων Luc. Hist.Conscr. 41 (cf. σκάφη) ; σῦκα αἰτεῖν, prov. for τρυφᾶν, Ar. V. 302 (lyr.); σῦκον χειμῶνος ζητεῖν, of a foolish enterprise, M.Ant. 11.33.
• • • 2 σ. Αἰγύπτιον, fruit of κερωνία, Thphr. HP 4.2.4, Od. 5.
  • II from its shape, a large wart on the eyelids, Ar. Ra. 1247, cf. Hp. Epid. 3.7; of tumours in other places, Poll. 4.200, Orib. Syn. 7.40.
  • III pudenda muliebria, Ar. Pax 1350.

σῦκον, τό, die Feige, Od. 7.121 und Folgende. sprichwörtlich σῦκον χειμῶνος ζητεῖν μαινομένου, M.Anton. 11.33 ; Suid. v. καιρός. – Von der Aehnlichkeit die Feigwarze, am Augenlide, Ar. Ran. 1245, u. am After.
Bei Ar. Pax 1318 = αἰδοῖον γυναικεῖον.

σῦκον

-ου, τό.

A fig Od. 7.121.

σῦκον : fig, Od. 7.121†.

σῦκον, ου, τό,

• • Ithe fruit of the συκῆ, a fig, Lat. ficus, Od., etc.: proverb., σῦκα αἰτεῖν, i. e. to be dainty, Ar.
  • IIa wart on the eyelid, Ar.