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συκέα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: συκέα συκέας

Structure: συκε (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. fig tree

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ κωλέα συνῃρημένον ἐστὶν ὡσ συκέα συκῆ, λεοντέα λεοντῆ, κωλέα κωλῆ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 66)
  • Τρύφων ἐν δευτέρῳ φυτῶν ἱστορίασ Ἀνδροτίωνά φησιν ἐν Γεωργικῷ ἱστορεῖν Συκέα ἕνα τινὰ τῶν Τιτάνων διωκόμενον ὑπὸ Διὸσ τὴν μητέρα Γῆν ὑποδέξασθαι καὶ ἀνεῖναι τὸ φυτὸν εἰσ διατριβὴν τῷ παιδί, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ Συκέαν πόλιν εἶναι ἐν Κιλικίᾳ, Φερένικοσ δ’ ὁ ἐποποιόσ, Ἡρακλεώτησ δὲ γένοσ, ἀπὸ Συκῆσ τῆσ Ὀξύλου θυγατρὸσ προσαγορευθῆναι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 142)
  • ἐφωράθησαν δὲ καὶ συκέαισ προσπεφυκυίαισ τῇ θαλάσσῃ προσπλεκόμενοι καὶ τῶν σύκων ἐσθίοντεσ, ὥσ φησι Κλέαρχοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν τῷ ὑγρῷ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 103 1:1)
  • ἔνθα δὲ δένδρεα μακρὰ πεφύκασι τηλεθόωντα, ὄγχναι καὶ ῥοιαὶ καὶ μηλέαι ἀγλαόκαρποι συκέαι τε γλυκεραὶ καὶ ἐλαῖαι τηλεθόωσαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 10:5)

Synonyms

  1. fig tree

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