"σίκυος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σίκυος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sí.ky.os/, /ˈsi.cy.os/, /ˈsi.ci.os/, /sí.ky.os/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈsi.ky.os/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsi.cy.os/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsi.cy.os/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsi.ci.os/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the same substrate/Pre-Greek root of σῐκῠ́α (sĭkŭ́a, “bottle-gourd”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|σῐ́κῠος|σῐκῠ́ου|m|second}} σῐ́κῠος • (sĭ́kŭos) m (genitive σῐκῠ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σῐ́κῠος|ου|form=M}} Forms: σῐ́κῠος [canonical], sĭ́kŭos [romanization], σῐκῠ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ σῐ́κῠος [nominative, singular], σῐκῠ́ω [dual, nominative], οἱ σῐ́κῠοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ σῐκῠ́ου [genitive, singular], σῐκῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], σῐκῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ σῐκῠ́ῳ [dative, singular], σῐκῠ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σῐκῠ́οις [dative, plural], τὸν σῐ́κῠον [accusative, singular], σῐκῠ́ω [accusative, dual], τοὺς σῐκῠ́ους [accusative, plural], σῐ́κῠε [singular, vocative], σῐκῠ́ω [dual, vocative], σῐ́κῠοι [plural, vocative], σῐκῠός [alternative], σῐ́κῠς [alternative]
  1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Derived forms: σῐκῠ́δῐον (sĭkŭ́dĭon), σῐκῠηδόν (sĭkŭēdón), σῐκῠήλᾰτον (sĭkŭḗlăton), σῐκῠοπέπων (sĭkŭopépōn), σῐκῠώδης (sĭkŭṓdēs), σῐκῠών (sĭkŭṓn), σῐκῠώνη (sĭkŭṓnē), σῐκῠωνῐ́ᾱ (sĭkŭōnĭ́ā)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Sicyos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Sicyos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Sicyos"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the same substrate/Pre-Greek root of σῐκῠ́α (sĭkŭ́a, “bottle-gourd”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sĭ́kŭos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ σῐ́κῠος",
      "roman": "ho sĭ́kŭos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ω",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ σῐ́κῠοι",
      "roman": "hoi sĭ́kŭoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σῐκῠ́ου",
      "roman": "toû sĭkŭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ων",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σῐκῠ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi sĭkŭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σῐκῠ́οις",
      "roman": "toîs sĭkŭ́ois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν σῐ́κῠον",
      "roman": "tòn sĭ́kŭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ω",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς σῐκῠ́ους",
      "roman": "toùs sĭkŭ́ous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠε",
      "roman": "sĭ́kŭe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ω",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠοι",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠός",
      "roman": "sĭkŭós",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠς",
      "roman": "sĭ́kŭs",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "σῐ́κῠος • (sĭ́kŭos) m (genitive σῐκῠ́ου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "σῐ́κῠος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "M"
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      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Gourd family plants",
          "orig": "grc:Gourd family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭ́dĭon",
          "word": "σῐκῠ́δῐον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭēdón",
          "word": "σῐκῠηδόν"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭḗlăton",
          "word": "σῐκῠήλᾰτον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭopépōn",
          "word": "σῐκῠοπέπων"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭṓdēs",
          "word": "σῐκῠώδης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭṓn",
          "word": "σῐκῠών"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭṓnē",
          "word": "σῐκῠώνη"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sĭkŭōnĭ́ā",
          "word": "σῐκῠωνῐ́ᾱ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cucumber (Cucumis sativus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-σίκυος-grc-noun-PDmUcT1n",
      "links": [
        [
          "cucumber",
          "cucumber"
        ],
        [
          "Cucumis sativus",
          "Cucumis sativus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sí.ky.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.cy.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.ci.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sí.ky.os/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.ky.os/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.cy.os/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.cy.os/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.ci.os/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σίκυος"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́dĭon",
      "word": "σῐκῠ́δῐον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭēdón",
      "word": "σῐκῠηδόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭḗlăton",
      "word": "σῐκῠήλᾰτον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭopépōn",
      "word": "σῐκῠοπέπων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭṓdēs",
      "word": "σῐκῠώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭṓn",
      "word": "σῐκῠών"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭṓnē",
      "word": "σῐκῠώνη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sĭkŭōnĭ́ā",
      "word": "σῐκῠωνῐ́ᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Sicyos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Sicyos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Sicyos"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the same substrate/Pre-Greek root of σῐκῠ́α (sĭkŭ́a, “bottle-gourd”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "σῐ́κῠος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sĭ́kŭos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ σῐ́κῠος",
      "roman": "ho sĭ́kŭos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ω",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ σῐ́κῠοι",
      "roman": "hoi sĭ́kŭoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σῐκῠ́ου",
      "roman": "toû sĭkŭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ων",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σῐκῠ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi sĭkŭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́οιν",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σῐκῠ́οις",
      "roman": "toîs sĭkŭ́ois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν σῐ́κῠον",
      "roman": "tòn sĭ́kŭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ω",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς σῐκῠ́ους",
      "roman": "toùs sĭkŭ́ous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠε",
      "roman": "sĭ́kŭe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠ́ω",
      "roman": "sĭkŭ́ō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠοι",
      "roman": "sĭ́kŭoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐκῠός",
      "roman": "sĭkŭós",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῐ́κῠς",
      "roman": "sĭ́kŭs",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῐ́κῠος",
        "2": "σῐκῠ́ου",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "σῐ́κῠος • (sĭ́kŭos) m (genitive σῐκῠ́ου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῐ́κῠος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "M"
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      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Gourd family plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cucumber (Cucumis sativus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cucumber",
          "cucumber"
        ],
        [
          "Cucumis sativus",
          "Cucumis sativus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sí.ky.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.cy.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.ci.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sí.ky.os/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.ky.os/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.cy.os/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.cy.os/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.ci.os/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σίκυος"
}

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