σίκερα
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
English (LSJ)
τό,
A fermented liquor, strong drink, LXX Le.10.9, Is.24.9, Ev.Luc.1.15, Gal.19.693. (Cf. Hebr. šēkār.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 880] τό, ein künstlicher Wein, ein geistiges, berauschendes Getränk, wie Cider, Bier, Sorbet u. dgl., Sp. Bei Euseb. praep. evang. 6, 10 auch im gen. σίκερος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σίκερα: τό, ποτὸν πνευματῶδες διὰ ζυμώσεως παρασκευαζόμενον, μεθυστικόν, Ἑβδ. (Λευιτ. Ι΄, 9, Ἡσαΐ. ΚΔ΄ , 9), Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. α΄, 15· γεν. σίκερος Εὐσ. Εὐαγγ. Προπ. 275Β· - σικεροποτέω, Καισαρ. Ζητ. 47· - σικερατίζω, Εὐσ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ. (ἐκ τοῦ Ἑβρ. shêkâr).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ερος (τό) :
boisson fermentée (cidre, etc.).
Étym. hébr. shèkâr.
English (Strong)
of Hebrew origin (שֵׁכָר); an intoxicant, i.e. intensely fermented liquor: strong drink.
English (Thayer)
τό (Hebrew שֵׁכָר (rather, according to Kautzsch (Gram., p. 11) for שִׁכְרָא (properly, σικρα) the stative emphatic of שְׁכַר (literally, 'intoxicating' drink))), indeclinable (Winer s Grammar, 68 (66); Buttmann, 24 (21)) (yet Eusebius, praep. evang. 6,10, 8 has a genitive σικερος (and Sophocles in his Lex. quotes from Cyrill. Alex. 1,1041d. (edited by Migne) a genitive σικερατος), strong drink, an intoxicating beverage, different from wine (except in μέθυσμα, Winer s RWB under the word Wein, künstlicher; (B. D., under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Drink, Strong).
