σίκυος

A. s.v. βουβάλιος)), cucumber, Cucumis sativus, Ar. Ach. 520, Pax 1001, Thphr. HP 7.4.1, Diocl.Fr. 49, al., PCair.Zen. 176.4, al. (iii B.C.); σίκυς ἥμερος Dsc. l.c.; eaten unripe and raw, Hp. Vict. 2.55; but also ς. πέπων, v. πέπων 1.2 (πέπων alone is condemned by Phryn. 230); also called ς. σπερματίας, seeding, i.e. ripe cucumber, Cratin. 136.

2. ς. ἄγριος squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium, Hp. Nat.Mul. 95, Mul. 1.77, Thphr. HP 9.15.6; also σίκυς ἄγριος Dsc. 4.150.