σύκινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy̌ː.ki.nos/ → /ˈsy.ci.nos/ → /ˈsi.ci.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy̌ː.ki.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ki.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ci.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ci.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ci.nos/

Adjective

σῡ́κῐνος • (sū́kinos) m (feminine σῡκῐ́νη, neuter σῡ́κῐνον); first/second declension

1. of the fig tree
2. (figuratively) worthless, futile, useless, good-for-nothing (because its wood was proverbially cheap and useless)
3. of figs

Inflection

First and second declension of σῡ́κῐνος; σῡκῐ́νη; σῡ́κῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σῡ́κῐνος sū́kinos	σῡκῐ́νη sūkínē	σῡ́κῐνον sū́kinon		σῡκῐ́νω sūkínō	σῡκῐ́νᾱ sūkínā	σῡκῐ́νω sūkínō		σῡ́κῐνοι sū́kinoi	σῡ́κῐναι sū́kinai	σῡ́κῐνᾰ sū́kina
Genitive		σῡκῐ́νου sūkínou	σῡκῐ́νης sūkínēs	σῡκῐ́νου sūkínou		σῡκῐ́νοιν sūkínoin	σῡκῐ́ναιν sūkínain	σῡκῐ́νοιν sūkínoin		σῡκῐ́νων sūkínōn	σῡκῐ́νων sūkínōn	σῡκῐ́νων sūkínōn
Dative		σῡκῐ́νῳ sūkínōi	σῡκῐ́νῃ sūkínēi	σῡκῐ́νῳ sūkínōi		σῡκῐ́νοιν sūkínoin	σῡκῐ́ναιν sūkínain	σῡκῐ́νοιν sūkínoin		σῡκῐ́νοις sūkínois	σῡκῐ́ναις sūkínais	σῡκῐ́νοις sūkínois
Accusative		σῡ́κῐνον sū́kinon	σῡκῐ́νην sūkínēn	σῡ́κῐνον sū́kinon		σῡκῐ́νω sūkínō	σῡκῐ́νᾱ sūkínā	σῡκῐ́νω sūkínō		σῡκῐ́νους sūkínous	σῡκῐ́νᾱς sūkínās	σῡ́κῐνᾰ sū́kina
Vocative		σῡ́κῐνε sū́kine	σῡκῐ́νη sūkínē	σῡ́κῐνον sū́kinon		σῡκῐ́νω sūkínō	σῡκῐ́νᾱ sūkínā	σῡκῐ́νω sūkínō		σῡ́κῐνοι sū́kinoi	σῡ́κῐναι sū́kinai	σῡ́κῐνᾰ sū́kina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σῡκῐ́νως sūkínōs				σῡκῐνώτερος sūkinṓteros				σῡκῐνώτᾰτος sūkinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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