σῦκον

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Since long, connected with Latin fīcus and Old Armenian թուզ (tʻuz), and considered a borrowing from a Mediterranean (Pre-Greek) or Anatolian substrate source, from which Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (šiqmā́, sycamore fig) – borrowed into συκάμινος (sukáminos) – and possibly Proto-Slavic *tyky (gourd) are also adduced.[1] Martirosyan reconstructs a Mediterranean proto-form *tʰuōiḱo- or *tʰū(i)ḱo- (fig).[2] The use of words for fruits (fig, plum etc.) in the sense of “vulva” is very common cross-linguistically.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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σῦκον (sûkonn (genitive σῡ́κου); second declension

  1. fig, the fruit of the συκῆ (sukê)
  2. a large wart on the eyelids
    1. hemorrhoids
  3. vulva

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: σύκο (sýko)
  • Latin: syconus

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῦκον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1421
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “t‘uz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 295-6

Further reading

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