Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σικύη ‎(sikúē) (Ionic)
• σεκούα ‎(sekoúa) (Hesychius)

Noun

σικύα • ‎(sikúa)

1. bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris)
2. round gourd (Cucurbita maxima)
3. gourd used as a calabash

References

• σικύα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σικύα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 574
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1330