σύκινος

A. of the figtree, ς. ξύλον fig-wood, Hp. Ulc. 12, Ar. V. 145 (where reference is made to the pungent smoke produced by burning it, cf. Arist. Fr. 227, Thphr. Ign. 72); κλῳὸς ς. Ar. V. 897; τορύνη Pl. Hp.Ma. 290d sq.; σύκινα Χῖα Chian fig-trees, PCair.Zen. 33.12 (iii B.C.): the wood of the fig was proverbially cheap and useless, Zen. 3.44, Sch.Ar. Pl. 947: hence,

2. metaph., ς. ἄνδρες worthless, good-for-nothing fellows, Theoc. 10.45; ς. σοφιστής Antiph. 122.4; prov., ς. ἐπικουρία, of feeble, useless help, Hsch. (v. σκύτινος); ς. γνώμη Luc. Ind. 6; ς. σύζυγος a false, treacherous comrade, with a play on συκοφαντικός, Ar. Pl. 946.

II. of figs, πῶμα ς. fig-wine, Plu. 2.752b; ὁ ς. καρπός the fig-harvest, PCair.Zen. 354.20 (iii B.C.).