1.of the fig-tree, ς. ξύλον fig wood, Ar.:—the wood of the fig was spongy and useless (Horace's inutile lignum), Plat.:—hence,
2.metaph., σύκινοι ἄνδρες worthless, good-for-nothing fellows, Theocr.; ς. σύζυγος a false, treacherous comrade, with a play on συκοφαντικός, Ar.