σικύα

A. bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris, Arist. HA 616a22, Thphr. HP 1.13.3, CP 1.10.4.

2. ς. Ἰνδική,= κολοκύντη, Euthyd. ap. Ath. 2.58f, cf. Menodor.ib.59a: but ς. distd. fr. κολοκύντη in Hellespontian dialect, Ath. 2.59a.

3. = κολοκυνθίς, Hp. Mul. 1.37; ς. πικρά Dsc. 4.176.

4. gourd used as a calabash, Sammelb. 7202.20 (iii B.C.).

II. cupping-instrument, because it was shaped like the gourd, Crates Com. 41, Hp. VM 22, Aph. 5.50, Pl. Ti. 79e, Arist. Rh. 1405b3, IG 22.47.8,11.