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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 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 ἐξῆλθον ἐν πύλῃ τοῦ Γωληλὰ καὶ πρὸσ στόμα πηγῆσ τῶν συκῶν καὶ εἰσ πύλην τῆσ κοπρίασ καὶ ἤμην συντρίβων ἐν τῷ τείχει Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὃ αὐτοὶ καθαιροῦσι καὶ πύλαι αὐτῆσ κατεβρώθησαν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 2:13)
  • "Ἀνδροτίων δὲ ἢ Φίλιπποσ ἢ ̔ Ἡγήμων ἐν τῷ Γεωργικῷ γένη συκῶν τάδε ἀναγράφει οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 628)
  • "Θεόφραστοσ δ’ ἐν δευτέρω φυτῶν ἱστορίασ συκῶν φησι γένοσ τοιοῦτόν τι εἶναι οἱο͂ν ἡ Ἀράτειοσ καλουμένη, ἐν δὲ τῷ τρίτῳ περὶ τὴν Τρωικήν φησιν Ἴδην γίνεσθαι συκῆν θαμνώδη, φύλλον ὅμοιον ἔχουσαν τῷ τῆσ φιλύρασ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 668)
  • καὶ εἶπε. λαβέτωσαν παλάθην σύκων καὶ ἐπιθέτωσαν ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλκοσ, καὶ ὑγιάσει. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 20:7)
  • Καὶ εἶπεν Ἡσαί̈ασ πρὸσ Ἐζεκίαν. λάβε παλάθην ἐκ σύκων καὶ τρίψων καὶ κατάπλασαι, καὶ ὑγιὴσ ἔσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 38:20)
  • ΕΔΕΙΞΕ μοι Κύριοσ δύο καλάθουσ σύκων κειμένουσ κατὰ πρόσωπον ναοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ τὸ ἀποικίσαι Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνοσ τὸν Ἰεχονίαν υἱὸν Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέα Ἰούδα καὶ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ καὶ τοὺσ τεχνίτασ καὶ τοὺσ δεσμώτασ καὶ τοὺσ πλουσίουσ ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ Βαβυλῶνα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 24:1)

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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