σύκινος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of the figtree]], <b class="b3">σ. ξύλον</b> [[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>); <b class="b3">κλῳὸς σ</b>. <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-trees]], 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., <b class="b3">σ. ἄνδρες</b> <b class="b2">worthless, good-for-nothing fellows</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.45</span>; σ. σοφιστής <span class="bibl">Antiph.122.4</span>; prov., <b class="b3">σ. ἐπικουρία</b>, of [[feeble]], [[useless]] help, Hsch. (v. <b class="b3">σκύτινος</b>) ; σ. γνώμη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">σ. σύζυγος</b> a [[false]], [[treacherous]] comrade, with a play on <b class="b3">συκοφαντικός</b>, <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]], <b class="b3">πῶμα σ</b>. [[fig]]-wine, Plu.2.752b; <b class="b3">ὁ σ. καρπός</b> the [[fig]]-harvest, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>354.20</span> (iii B.C.).</span>