σικυών: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cucumber-bed</b>, <span class="bibl">Eust.291.36</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n. Σῐκῠών, ῶνος, ἡ, <span class="title">Sicyon</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.53</span>, etc.; also ὁ, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.2.14</span>, <span class="bibl">7.2.11</span>; gender indeterm. in <span class="bibl">Il.2.572</span>, <span class="bibl">23.299</span>; as Adj., <b class="b3">γῆ Σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Fr.</span>640.26</span>:—regul. Adj. Σῐκῠώνιος, α, ον, <span class="title">Sicyonian</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.28</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">Σ. ἔλαιον</b> <span class="title">Sicyonian</span> olive oil, Dsc.1.30, Gal.11.739 (but σικυώνιον <b class="b3">ἔλαιον</b> <b class="b2">oil of</b> <b class="b3">σίκυς</b>, <span class="bibl">Aët.1.122</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Trall.<span class="title">Febr.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.3.77</span>, <span class="bibl">7.20</span>); Σῐκῠωνικός or σῐκῠ-ιακός, ή, όν, <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.6.271d</span>.—Adv. Σῐκῠώνοθε, <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">from Sicyon</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.1</span>.—The people themselves called their town Σεκυών, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>144.20</span>, cf. Σεκυώνιοι <span class="title">GDI</span>2581.273 (Delph., ii B.C.); its oldest name was <b class="b3">Αἰγιαλεῖς</b> and then <b class="b3">Μηκώνη</b>, acc. to <span class="bibl">Str. 8.6.25</span>.</span>

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