σικύα

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], Ion. σῐκ-ύη, ἡ,

   A bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris, Arist.HA 616a22, Thphr.HP1.13.3, CP1.10.4.

   B round gourd, Cucurbita maxima.    2 σικύα Ἰνδική,= κολοκύντη, Euthyd. ap. Ath.2.58f, cf. Menodor.ib.59a: but ς. distd. fr. κολοκύντη in Hellespontian dialect, Ath.2.59a.    3 = κολοκυνθίς, Hp.Mul.1.37; σ. πικρά Dsc.4.176.    4 gourd used as a calabash, Sammelb. 7202.20 (iii B.C.).    II cupping-instrument, because it was shaped like the gourd, Crates Com.41, Hp.VM22, Aph.5.50, Pl.Ti.79e, Arist.Rh.1405b3, IG22.47.8,11.