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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

  • καὶ ἔσται τὸ ἄνθοσ τὸ ἐκπεσὸν τῆσ ἐλπίδοσ τῆσ δόξησ ἐπ̓ ἄκρου τοῦ ὄρουσ τοῦ ὑψηλοῦ ὡσ πρόδρομοσ σύκου, ὁ ἰδὼν αὐτό, πρὶν ἢ εἰσ τὴν χεῖραν αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν, θελήσει αὐτὸ καταπιεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 28:4)
  • Λακωνικοῦ δὲ σύκου μνημονεύει ἐν Γεωργοῖσ Ἀριστοφάνησ ταδὶ λέγων συκᾶσ φυτεύω, πάντα πλὴν Λακωνικῆσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 617)
  • καὶ κεκλημένοσ δὲ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον κελεῦσαι καλέσαι τὰ παιδία τὸν ἑστιῶντα, καὶ εἰσιόντα φῆσαι σύκου ὁμοιότερα εἶναι τῷ πατρί, καὶ προσαγόμενοσ φιλῆσαι καὶ παρ’ αὑτὸν καθίστασθαι· (Theophrastus, Characters, 5:1)
  • σύκου χλωροῦ καὶ σταφυλῆσ ἡ χρῆσισ ὡραῖοσ· περίπατοι · ἐπὶ τοῖσι δὲ θυμηδίη ἄλυποσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 151)
  • λέγε δύσφημον καὶ τὸ φυλλορροεῖν καὶ τὸ ἰσχάδα γίνεσθαι ἀντὶ σύκου καὶ ἀσταφίδασ ἐκ σταφυλῆσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 91:5)

Synonyms

  1. fig

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