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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῡκῖτῐς (sūkîtis), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sȳcītis f (genitive sȳcītidis); third declension
- A kind of gem of the color of the figs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “sycitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sycitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.