sycamine
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sȳcamīnus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σῡκάμῑνος (sūkámīnos), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, “sycamore”) (with assimilation to σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”)).
Noun
sycamine (plural sycamines)
- A tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.
- Synonym: sycamore
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVII:
- The lorde sayde: yf ye had fayth lyke a grayne off mustard sede, and shulde saye unto thys sycamyne tree, plucke thysilfe uppe by the rotes, and plant thysilfe in the see: he shoulde obey you.
Translations
a type of tree
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Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) sȳcamīne