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σῦκον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῦκον σύκου

Structure: συκ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. fig, the fruit of the συκῆ ‎(sukê)
  2. a large wart on the eyelids
  3. hemorrhoids

Declension

Second 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

  • ἐπιμελουμένουσ δὲ αὐτοὺσ εἰσάγει καὶ τῶν ἀκροδρύων "ὄγχνη γὰρ ἐπ’ ὄγχνῃ που γηράσκει, σῦκον δ’ ἐπὶ σύκῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 45 1:2)
  • ἐπὰν δὲ πεπανθῇ, συνάγουσι καὶ τὸν μὲν τοῖσ οἰκέταισ μετὰ χόνδρου κόψαντεσ σάττουσιν εἰσ ἀγγεῖα, τὸν δὲ τοῖσ ἐλευθέροισ ἐξελόντεσ τὸν πυρῆνα συντιθέασιν ὡσαύτωσ καὶ σιτεύονται τοῦτον, ἐστὶ δὲ τὸ βρῶμα παραπλήσιον σύκῳ καὶ φοινικοβαλάνῳ, τῇ δὲ εὐωδίᾳ βέλτιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6256)
  • "Σέλευκοσ δ’ ἐν ταῖσ Γλώσσαισ καὶ γλυκυσίδην τινὰ καλεῖσθαί φησι σύκῳ τὴν μορφὴν μάλιστα ἐοικυῖαν, φυλάσσεσθαι δὲ τὰσ γυναῖκασ ἐσθίειν διὰ τὸ ποιεῖν ματαισμούσ, ὡσ καὶ Πλάτων ὁ κωμῳδιοποιόσ φησιν ἐν Κλεοφῶντι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 665)
  • πεπαίνει δὲ τέτταρασ καρπούσ, ὅσαιπερ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ βλαστήσεισ, ἡ δὲ γλυκύτησ προσεμφερὴσ τῷ σύκῳ καὶ τὰ ἔσωθεν τοῖσ ἐρινοῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 6 1:3)
  • καίτοι τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστισ ἀνθρώπων οὐ διανοεῖται, καὶ τοὐναντίον οἰέται θαυμαστὸν εἶναι καὶ παράδοξον, εἰ μήτε φάττα φάττῃ μήτε μελίττῃ μέλιττα μήτε πυρῷ πυρὸσ ἢ σύκῳ τὸ τοῦ λόγου σῦκον ἐν τῷ παντὶ χρόνῳ γέγονεν ἀπαράλλακτον. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 36 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. fig

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