σύκινος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of the figtree]], [[σύκινον ξύλον]] = [[fig]]-[[wood]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>12</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>145</span> (where reference is made to the pungent smoke produced by burning it, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>227</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Ign.</span>72</span>); [[κλῳός|κλῳὸς]] σύκινος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>897</span>; [[τορύνη]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>290d</span> sq.; <b class="b3">σύκινα Χῖα</b> = [[Chian]] [[fig]]-[[tree]]s, PCair.Zen.33.12 (iii B.C.): the [[wood]] of the [[fig]] was proverbially [[cheap]] and [[useless]], <span class="bibl">Zen.3.44</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>947</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[σύκινοι ἄνδρες]] = [[worthless]], [[good-for-nothing]] [[fellow]]s, <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.45</span>; σ. σοφιστής <span class="bibl">Antiph.122.4</span>; prov., συκίνη [[ἐπικουρία]], of [[feeble]], [[useless]] [[help]], Hsch. (v. [[σκύτινος]]) ; συκίνη [[γνώμη]] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>6</span>; σύκινος [[σύζυγος]] = a [[false]], [[treacherous]] [[comrade]], with a play on [[συκοφαντικός]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>946</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[of figs]], [[πῶμα]] σύκινον = [[fig]]-[[wine]], Plu.2.752b; ὁ σύκινος [[καρπός]] = the [[fig]]-[[harvest]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>354.20</span> (iii B.C.).</span>