σύκινος
κάμινον ἔχων ἐν τῷ πνεύμονι → of a drunkard, drunkard, having a furnace in his lung
English (LSJ)
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A of the figtree, σ. ξύλον fig-wood, Hp.Ulc.12, Ar.V.145 (where reference is made to the pungent smoke produced by burning it, cf. Arist.Fr.227, Thphr. Ign.72); κλῳὸς σ. Ar.V.897; τορύνη Pl.Hp.Ma.290d sq.; σύκινα Χῖα Chian fig-trees, PCair.Zen.33.12 (iii B.C.): the wood of the fig was proverbially cheap and useless, Zen.3.44, Sch.Ar.Pl.947: hence, 2 metaph., σ. ἄνδρες worthless, good-for-nothing fellows, Theoc.10.45; σ. σοφιστής Antiph.122.4; prov., σ. ἐπικουρία, of feeble, useless help, Hsch. (v. σκύτινος) ; σ. γνώμη Luc.Ind.6; σ. σύζυγος a false, treacherous comrade, with a play on συκοφαντικός, Ar.Pl.946. II of figs, πῶμα σ. fig-wine, Plu.2.752b; ὁ σ. καρπός the fig-harvest, PCair.Zen.354.20 (iii B.C.).
