συκέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• συκῆ (sukê) — Epic, Ionic
• σῡκέη (sūkéē) — Ionic
• σῡκῐ́ᾱ (sūkíā) — Heraclean

Etymology

From σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syː.ké.aː/ → /syˈce.a/ → /siˈce.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syː.ké.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈke.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈce.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈce.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈce.a/

Noun

σῡκέᾱ • (sūkéā) f (genitive σῡκέᾱς); first declension

1. fig tree

Declension

First declension of ᾱ̔ σῡκέᾱ; τᾶς σῡκέᾱς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ σῡκέᾱ hā sūkéā	τὼ σῡκέᾱ tṑ sūkéā	ταὶ σῡκέαι taì sūkéai
Genitive	τᾶς σῡκέᾱς tâs sūkéās	τοῖν σῡκέαιν toîn sūkéain	τᾶν σῡκεᾶν tân sūkeân
Dative	τᾷ σῡκέᾳ tâi sūkéāi	τοῖν σῡκέαιν toîn sūkéain	ταῖς σῡκέαις taîs sūkéais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν σῡκέᾱν tā̀n sūkéān	τὼ σῡκέᾱ tṑ sūkéā	τᾱ̀ς σῡκέᾱς tā̀s sūkéās
Vocative	σῡκέᾱ sūkéā	σῡκέᾱ sūkéā	σῡκέαι sūkéai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: συκιά f (sykiá, “fig tree”)

References

• “συκέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συκέα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette