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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 ἤλθοσαν ἕωσ Φάραγγοσ βότρυοσ, καὶ κατεσκέψαντο αὐτήν. καὶ ἔκοψαν ἐκεῖθεν κλῆμα καὶ βότρυν σταφυλῆσ ἕνα ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ᾖραν αὐτὸν ἐπ’ ἀναφορεῦσι καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ροῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν συκῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:24)
  • καὶ εἶπαν τὰ ξύλα τῇ συκῇ. δεῦρο βασίλευσον ἐφ̓ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:10)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ ἡ συκῆ. μὴ ἀπολείψασα ἐγὼ τὴν γλυκύτητά μου καὶ τὰ γενήματά μου τὰ ἀγαθά, πορεύσομαι κινεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:11)
  • μὴ ἀκούετε Ἐζεκίου. ὅτι τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ἀσσυρίων. ποιήσατε μετ̓ ἐμοῦ εὐλογίαν καὶ ἐξέλθατε πρόσ με, καὶ πίεται ἀνὴρ τὴν ἄμπελον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ τὴν συκῆν αὐτοῦ φάγεται καὶ πίεται ὕδωρ τοῦ λάκκου αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 18:31)
  • ἡ συκῆ ἐξήνεγκεν ὀλύνθουσ αὐτῆσ, αἱ ἄμπελοι κυπρίζουσιν, ἔδωκαν ὀσμήν. ἀνάστα, ἐλθέ, ἡ πλησίον μου, καλή μου, περιστερά μου, καὶ ἐλθέ, (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 2:13)
  • Ὡσ σταφυλὴν ἐν ἐρήμῳ εὗρον τὸν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ὡσ σκοπὸν ἐν συκῇ πρώϊμον πατέρασ αὐτῶν εἶδον. αὐτοὶ εἰσῆλθον πρὸσ τὸν Βεελφεγὼρ καὶ ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν εἰσ αἰσχύνην, καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ ἐβδελυγμένοι ὡσ οἱ ἠγαπημένοι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 9:10)
  • θαρσεῖτε, κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου, ὅτι βεβλάστηκε τὰ πεδία τῆσ ἐρήμου, ὅτι ξύλον ἤνεγκε τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ, συκῆ καὶ ἄμπελοσ ἔδωκαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 2:22)

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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