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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

  • Ἡρόδοτοσ δ’ ἐν τῇ α’ περὶ Βαβυλῶνοσ λέγων φησίν εἰσὶ δ’ αὐτόθι φοίνικεσ πεφυκότεσ ἀνὰ πᾶν τὸ πεδίον, οἱ πλεῦνεσ αὐτῶν καρποφόροι, ἐκ τῶν καὶ σιτία καὶ οἶνον καὶ μέλι ποιέονται τοὺσ συκέων τρόπον θεραπεύουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6251)
  • τοὺσ συκέων τρόπον θεραπεύουσι τά τε ἄλλα καὶ φοινίκων τοὺσ ἔρσενασ Ἕλληνὲσ καλέουσι, τούτων τὸν καρπὸν περιδέουσι τῇσι βαλανηφόροισι τὸν φοινίκων, ἵνα πεπαίνῃ τε σφι ὁ ψὴν τὴν βάλανον ἐσδύνων καὶ μὴ ἀπορρέῃ ὁ καρπὸσ τοῦ φοίνικοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 193 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. fig tree

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