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σύκινος
σύκινος σύκῐνος, η, ον συκῆ of the fig-tree, σ. ξύλον fig wood, Ar.:—the wood of the fig was spongy and useless (Horaceʼs inutile lignum), Plat.:—hence, metaph., σύκινοι ἄνδρες worthless, good-for-nothing fellows, Theocr.; σ. σύζυγος a false, treacherous comrade, with a play on συκοφαντικός, Ar.

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of the fig-tree

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σύκινος
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σύκινος
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συκινος
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σύκινος σύκῐνος, η, ον συκῆ of the fig-tree, σ. ξύλον fig wood, Ar.:—the wood of the fig was spongy and useless (Horaceʼs inutile lignum), Plat.:—hence, metaph., σύκινοι ἄνδρες worthless, good-for-nothing fellows, Theocr.; σ. σύζυγος a false, treacherous comrade, with a play on συκοφαντικός, Ar.
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30685
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n30720
Key:
su/kinos

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