Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

συκῆ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: συκῆ

Structure: συκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: su=kon

Sense

  1. the fig-tree
  2. a fig

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

  • καὶ ἐπάταξε τὰσ ἀμπέλουσ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰσ συκᾶσ αὐτῶν καὶ συνέτριψε πᾶν ξύλον ὁρίου αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 104:33)
  • καὶ ἀφανιῶ ἄμπελον αὐτῆσ καὶ τάσ συκᾶσ αὐτῆσ, ὅσα εἶπε. μισθώματά μου ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ἔδωκάν μοι οἱ ἐρασταί μου, καὶ θήσομαι αὐτὰ εἰσ μαρτύριον, καὶ καταφάγεται αὐτὰ τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 2:14)
  • ἔθετο τὴν ἄμπελόν μου εἰσ ἀφανισμὸν καὶ τὰσ συκᾶσ μου εἰσ συγκλασμόν. ἐρευνῶν ἐξηρεύνησεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἔρριψεν, ἐλεύκανε τὰ κλήματα αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 1:7)
  • μὴ ἀκούετε Ἐζεκίου. τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ἀσσυρίων. εἰ βούλεσθε εὐλογηθῆναι, ἐκπορεύεσθε πρόσ με καὶ φάγεσθε ἕκαστοσ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰσ συκᾶσ καὶ πίεσθε ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου ὑμῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 36:16)
  • ὦ ποθεινὴ τοῖσ δικαίοισ καὶ γεωργοῖσ ἡμέρα, ἄσμενόσ σ’ ἰδὼν προσειπεῖν βούλομαι τὰσ ἀμπέλουσ, τάσ τε συκᾶσ, ἃσ ἐγὼ ’φύτευον ὢν νεώτεροσ, ἀσπάσασθαι θυμὸσ ἡμῖν ἐστι πολλοστῷ χρόνῳ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, trochees3)

Synonyms

  1. the fig-tree

  2. a fig

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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