συκέα

συκέα, ἡ, only Dor. (v. συκία), Ep. nom. pl. συκέαι Od. 7.116, acc. συκέας 24.341 (both disyll.); Ion. acc. sg. συκέην Hdt. 1.193, 4.23, gen. pl. συκέων 1.193; elsewh. only in contr. or analogical forms from συκῆ (Ep. and Ion. nom. συκῆ Od. 24.246, Archil. 19, acc. συκῆν Hippon. 34), IG 12.313.163, Ar. Ec. 708, etc.:—A. fig-tree, Ficus Carica, Hom. only in Od.; σ. γλυκεραί 7.116; for various kinds, v. Thphr. HP 1.3.1, 3.9.3, 4.2.3, 4.4.4, Ath. 3.74c sq.; ἱερὰ σ. a suburb of Eleusis, where Demeter first produced the fig-tree, IG l.c., Paus. 1.37.2, Ath. 3.74d, Philostr. VS 2.20.3. 2. σ. Αἰγυπτία,= κερωνία, Thphr. HP 1.11.2. 3. σ. περὶ τὴν Ἴδην, Amelanchier, Amelanchias vulgaris, ib.3.17.4. 4. = χαμαισύκη, Dsc. 4.169. 5. banyan, Ficus bengalensis, Thphr HP 4.4.4. II. = σῦκον I, fig, Ar. Av. 590. III. a tar or resin in Aleppo pine, Thphr. HP 3.9.3, Plin. HN 16.44. IV. a kind of spurge,= πέπλιον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.168, Plin. HN 27.119. V. = σῦκον II, excrescence on the body, Dsc. 2.170, Poll. 4.203, Hippiatr. 82. VI. a seaweed, Thphr. HP 4.6.2.