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 διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν δύο, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι γυμνοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἔρραψαν φύλλα συκῆσ καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ περιζώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:7)
  • καὶ ἀναπαύσεται ἕκαστοσ ὑποκάτω ἀμπέλου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστοσ ὑποκάτω συκῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐκφοβῶν, διότι τὸ στόμα Κυρίου παντοκράτοροσ ἐλάλησε ταῦτα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 4:4)
  • ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριοσ παντοκράτωρ, συγκαλέσετε ἕκαστοσ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ὑποκάτω ἀμπέλου καὶ ὑποκάτω συκῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 3:10)
  • καὶ τακήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεισ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ ἑλιγήσεται ὁ οὐρανὸσ ὡσ βιβλίον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἄστρα πεσεῖται ὡσ φύλλα ἐξ ἀμπέλου καὶ ὡσ πίπτει φύλλα ἀπὸ συκῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 34:4)
  • τοῖσ γὰρ σιμοῖσ καὶ τοῖσ αἰσχροῖσ ἐψήφισται προτέροισ βινεῖν, ὑμᾶσ δὲ τέωσ θρῖα λαβόντασ διφόρου συκῆσ ἐν τοῖσ προθύροισι δέφεσθαι. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, pnigos11)

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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