σικύα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σικύη (sikúē) (Ionic)
- σεκούα (sekoúa) (Hesychius)
Etymology
From the same substrate source as Old Armenian սեխ (sex, “muskmelon”).
Noun
σικύα • (sikúa)
- bottle gourd (Benincasa hispida, syn. Lagenaria vulgaris)
- round gourd (Cucurbita maxima)
- gourd used as a calabash
References
- σικύα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σικύα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 574
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1330
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