συκών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn, plantation, grove).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syː.kɔ̌ːn/ → /syˈkon/ → /siˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syː.kɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈkon/

Noun

σῡκών • (sūkṓn) m (genitive σῡκῶνος); third declension

1. fig-yard

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σῡκών; τοῦ σῡκῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῡκών ho sūkṓn	τὼ σῡκῶνε tṑ sūkône	οἱ σῡκῶνες hoi sūkônes
Genitive	τοῦ σῡκῶνος toû sūkônos	τοῖν σῡκώνοιν toîn sūkṓnoin	τῶν σῡκώνων tôn sūkṓnōn
Dative	τῷ σῡκῶνῐ tôi sūkôni	τοῖν σῡκώνοιν toîn sūkṓnoin	τοῖς σῡκῶσῐ / σῡκῶσῐν toîs sūkôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σῡκῶνᾰ tòn sūkôna	τὼ σῡκῶνε tṑ sūkône	τοὺς σῡκῶνᾰς toùs sūkônas
Vocative	σῡκών sūkṓn	σῡκῶνε sūkône	σῡκῶνες sūkônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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