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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ας (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῐ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> fruit de l’espèce des cucurbitacées, <i>particul. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> citrouille, potiron <i>ou<\/i> melon, ARSTT. <i>H.A. 9, 14, 2 ;<\/i> SPEUSIPP. (ATH. <i>68<\/i> e) ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> courge <i>ou<\/i> calebasse de l’Inde, EUTHYD. (ATH. <i>58<\/i> f) ;<br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> ventouse, <i>t. de méd<\/i>. HPC. <i>605, 46 ;<\/i> T. LOCR. <i>101<\/i> e ; PLAT. <i>Tim. 79<\/i> e ; <i>fig. comme sobriquet d’un parasite,<\/i> ATH. <i>257<\/i> a ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> sorte de verre à boire allongé, HPC. <i>V. med. 17, etc. ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>Rhet. 3, 2, 12<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Ion<\/i>. σικύη, HPC. <i>ll. cc<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf<\/i>. σίκυος.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "Ion. σικύη, ἡ, <b>bottle-gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris<\/b>, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 616a22, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 1.13.3, <i>CP<\/i> 1.10.4. σ. Ἰνδική, = κολοκύντη, Euthyd. ap. Ath. 2.58f, cf. Menodor. <i>ib.<\/i> 59a; but σ. distd. fr. κολοκύντη in Hellespontian dialect, Ath. 2.59a. = κολοκυνθίς, Hp. <i>Mul.<\/i> 1.37; σ. πικρά Dsc. 4.176.<br\/><b>gourd<\/b> used as a calabash, <i>Sammelb.<\/i> 7202.20 (iii BC).<br\/><b>cupping-instrument<\/b>, because it was shaped like the gourd, CratesCom. 41, Hp. <i>VM<\/i> 22, Aph. 5.50, Pl. <i>Ti.<\/i> 79e, Arist. <i>Rh.<\/i> 1405b3, IG2². 47.8, 11."
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                    "description": "ἡ, ion. <b>σικύη<\/b>, = πέπων,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>die Pfebe od. Angurie<\/i>, eine gurken- od. melonenähnliche Frucht, Plat. <i>Tim<\/i>. 79e, die aber nur reif genossen ward, während man den σίκυος unreif verspeiste ; bes. <i>eine baumhohe Art<\/i>, Theophr. u. A. Bei den Sp. <i>der lange indische Kürbis<\/i> ; der runde hieß κολόκυνθα, Ath. II.58f.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>der Schröpfkopf<\/i>, weil er von der Gestalt des länglichen Kürbisses war, <i>cucurbita<\/i> ; Hippocr. Ar. <i>Lys<\/i>."
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