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|Definition=[ῠ], Ion. σῐκ-ύη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 616a22</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.13.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>1.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">σ. Ἰνδική</b>,= <b class="b3">κολοκύντη</b>, Euthyd. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.2.58f</span>, cf. Menodor.ib.<span class="bibl">59a</span>: but ς. distd. fr. <b class="b3">κολοκύντη</b> in Hellespontian dialect, <span class="bibl">Ath.2.59a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[κολοκυνθίς]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.37</span>; σ. πικρά Dsc.4.176. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">gourd</b> used as a calabash, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span> 7202.20</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">cupping-instrument</b>, because it was shaped like the gourd, <span class="bibl">Crates Com.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aph.</span>5.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>79e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1405b3</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.47.8,11.</span>