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|lshtext=<b>fīcus</b>: i and ūs (<br /><b>I</b> dat. [[sing]]., gen., dat., and abl. plur., [[always]] of [[second]] decl.; in [[other]] cases of [[second]] or [[fourth]]; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 532 sq.—Masc., Mart. 1, 65, 4; 7, 71, 6; Macr. S. 2, 16. The declension and [[gender]] were [[disputed]] [[even]] [[among]] the ancients; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 80 Müll.; [[Charis]]. p. 103 P.; Prisc. p. 713 ib.), f. etym. dub.; cf. [[σῦκον]], σϝυκον, a [[fig]]-[[tree]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[cortex]] [[levis]] fico, Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126 sqq.: fici, quarum radices longissimae, id. 16, 31, 56, § 130: exceptā fico, id. 16, 26, 49, § 113: ficos mariscas in [[loco]] cretoso serito, [[Cato]], R. R. 8, 1, v. [[marisca]]: homini Phrygi, qui arborem fici [[numquam]] vidisset, fiscinam ficorum objecisti, Cic. Fl. 17, 41: [[Ruminalis]] and [[Rumina]], v. 1. [[Rumina]], II. A. and B.: [[quod]] diceret, uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278 (for [[which]] Quintilian, in [[making]] the [[same]] [[statement]]: [[quod]] [[uxor]] sua e fico se suspendisset, Quint. 6, 3, 88): sub una ficu, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.— Poet.: pepedi diffissa nate [[ficus]], i. e. ut [[ficus]] ([[cuius]] [[lignum]] [[magnopere]] fissile), Hor. S. 1, 8, 47.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[fruit]] of the [[fig]]-[[tree]], a [[fig]]: fici dulciferae, Enn. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 ed. Vahl.): ficis victitamus aridis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59: Zacyntho ficos fieri non malas, id. Merc. 5, 2, 102: per ficos, quas edimus, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 5: ex fici tantulo grano, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52: suamque pulla [[ficus]] ornat arborem, Hor. Epod. 16, 46: dum [[ficus]] prima calorque, etc., the [[first]] [[ripe]] figs (denoting the [[beginning]] of [[autumn]]), id. Ep. 1, 7, 5: pinguibus ficis pastum jecur anseris, id. S. 2, 8, 88: nux ornabat mensas cum duplice ficu, a [[split]] [[fig]], id. ib. 2, 2, 122, v. also in the foll.—Ante- and [[post]]-[[class]]. in masc.: [[sicuti]] cum primos [[ficus]] [[propola]] recentes Protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27: grossi, Macr. S. 2, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The piles (from [[their]] [[shape]]): cum dixi [[ficus]], rides [[quasi]] [[barbara]] verba, Et dici ficos, Caeciliane, jubes. Dicemus [[ficus]], quas scimus in arbore nasci: Dicemus ficos, Caeciliane, tuas (al. tuos, v. the commentators, ad loc.), Mart. 1, 65, 4 (cf. the [[same]] [[sort]] of [[pun]] in [[another]] [[place]], Mart. 7, 71).—Hence [[poet]]. transf., of one [[who]] has the piles, Mart. 4, 52, 2.