σίκυος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ] or σῐκῠός, ὁ (also σίκυς, ἡ, <span class="bibl">Alc.151</span>, Dsc.2.135, Gal.19.89 (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> s.v. [[βουβάλιος]])), <b class="b2">cucumber, Cucumis sativus</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>520</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 1001</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.4.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.49</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>176.4</span>, al. (iii B.C.); σίκυς ἥμερος Dsc. l.c.; eaten unripe and raw, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.55</span>; but also <b class="b3">σ. πέπων</b>, v. [[πέπων]] <span class="bibl">1.2</span> (<b class="b3">πέπων</b> alone is condemned by Phryn.230); also called <b class="b3">σ. σπερματίας</b>, seeding, i.e. ripe <b class="b2">cucumber</b>, <span class="bibl">Cratin.136</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σ. ἄγριος</b> <b class="b2">squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>95</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>1.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.15.6</span>; also σίκυς ἄγριος Dsc.4.150.</span>