σύκωσις
From LSJ
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, A ulcer resembling a fig ripe to bursting, with projecting edges, esp. on the eyelids, Cels.6.3, Gal.12.348,716, UP10.<*>, Sever. ap. Aët.7.45; τοῦ γενείου Archig. ap. eund.8.14.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σύκωσις: [ῡ], ἡ, ἕλκος ὁμοιάζον πρὸς σῦκον ὥριμον καὶ ἀρξάμενον νὰ σχίζηται, ἔχον δηλ. χείλη προεξέχοντα, μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν βλεφάρων, Foës Oecon. Hipp.· πρβλ. σῦκον ΙΙ· «τὰ τραχώματα ἐπιτεινόμενα, ὥστε καὶ οἷον ἐντομὰς ἔχειν καλοῦνται συκώσεις» Παῦλ. Αἰγιν. 7, 22.
