σίκυος

English (LSJ)

[ῐ] or σῐκῠός, ὁ (also σίκυς, ἡ, Alc.151, Dsc.2.135, Gal.19.89 (

   A s.v. βουβάλιος)), cucumber, Cucumis sativus, Ar.Ach.520, Pax 1001, Thphr.HP7.4.1, Diocl.Fr.49, al., PCair.Zen.176.4, al. (iii B.C.); σίκυς ἥμερος Dsc. l.c.; eaten unripe and raw, Hp.Vict.2.55; but also σ. πέπων, v. πέπων 1.2 (πέπων alone is condemned by Phryn.230); also called σ. σπερματίας, seeding, i.e. ripe cucumber, Cratin.136.    2 σ. ἄγριος squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium, Hp.Nat.Mul.95, Mul.1.77, Thphr.HP9.15.6; also σίκυς ἄγριος Dsc.4.150.