σύκωσις
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, A ulcer resembling a fig ripe to bursting, with projecting edges, esp. on the eyelids, Cels.6.3, Gal.12.348,716, UP10.†, Sever. ap. Aët.7.45; τοῦ γενείου Archig. ap. eund.8.14.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σύκωσις: [ῡ], ἡ, ἕλκος ὁμοιάζον πρὸς σῦκον ὥριμον καὶ ἀρξάμενον νὰ σχίζηται, ἔχον δηλ. χείλη προεξέχοντα, μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν βλεφάρων, Foës Oecon. Hipp.· πρβλ. σῦκον ΙΙ· «τὰ τραχώματα ἐπιτεινόμενα, ὥστε καὶ οἷον ἐντομὰς ἔχειν καλοῦνται συκώσεις» Παῦλ. Αἰγιν. 7, 22.
