A.s.v. βουβάλιος)), cucumber, Cucumis sativus, Ar.Ach.520, Pax 1001, Thphr.HP7.4.1, Diocl.Fr.49, al., PCair.Zen.176.4, al. (iii B.C.); “σίκυς ἥμερος” Dsc. l.c.; eaten unripe and raw, Hp.Vict.2.55; but also ς. πέπων, v. πέπων 1.2 (πέπων alone is condemned by Phryn.230); also called ς. σπερματίας, seeding, i.e. ripe cucumber, Cratin.136.
σίκυ^ος [ι^] or σι^κυ^ός , ὁ (also σίκυς , ἡ, Alc.151, Dsc.2.135, Gal.19.89 (