A.“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), IG12.313.163, Ar.Ec.708, etc.:—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.VS2.20.3.
4. = χαμαισύκη, Dsc.4.169.
5. banyan, Ficus bengalensis, Thphr HP 4.4.4.
III. a tar or resin in Aleppo pine, Thphr.HP3.9.3, Plin.HN16.44.
VI. a seaweed, Thphr.HP 4.6.2.