sycitis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῡκῖτῐς (sūkîtis), from σῦκον (sûkon, fig).

Pronunciation

Noun

sȳcītis f (genitive sȳcītidis); third declension

  1. 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.