ficus

ficus
fīcus, i and ūs ( dat. sing., gen., dat., and abl. plur., always of second decl.; in other cases of second or fourth; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 532 sq.— Masc., Mart. 1, 65, 4; 7, 71, 6; Macr. S. 2, 16. The declension and gender were disputed even among the ancients; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 80 Müll.; Charis. p. 103 P.; Prisc. p. 713 ib.), f. [etym. dub.; cf. sukon, sWukon], a fig-tree.
I.
Lit.:

cortex levis fico,

Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126 sqq.:

fici, quarum radices longissimae,

id. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

exceptā fico,

id. 16, 26, 49, § 113:

ficos mariscas in loco cretoso serito,

Cato, R. R. 8, 1, v. marisca:

homini Phrygi, qui arborem fici numquam vidisset, fiscinam ficorum objecisti,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41: Ruminalis and Rumina, v. 1. Rumina, II. A. and B.:

quod diceret, uxorem suam suspendisse se de ficu,

Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278 (for which Quintilian, in making the same statement:

quod uxor sua e fico se suspendisset,

Quint. 6, 3, 88 ):

sub una ficu,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21.— Poet.:

pepedi diffissa nate ficus, i. e. ut ficus (cuius lignum magnopere fissile),

Hor. S. 1, 8, 47.—
II.
Transf.
A.
The fruit of the fig-tree, a fig: fici dulciferae, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 ed. Vahl.):

ficis victitamus aridis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 59:

Zacyntho ficos fieri non malas,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 102:

per ficos, quas edimus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 5:

ex fici tantulo grano,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

suamque pulla ficus ornat arborem,

Hor. Epod. 16, 46: dum ficus prima calorque, etc., the first ripe figs (denoting the beginning of autumn), id. Ep. 1, 7, 5:

pinguibus ficis pastum jecur anseris,

id. S. 2, 8, 88:

nux ornabat mensas cum duplice ficu,

a split fig, id. ib. 2, 2, 122, v. also in the foll.—Ante- and post-class. in masc.: sicuti cum primos ficus propola recentes Protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27:

grossi,

Macr. S. 2, 16.—
B.
The piles (from their shape):

cum dixi ficus, rides quasi barbara verba, Et dici ficos, Caeciliane, jubes. Dicemus ficus, quas scimus in arbore nasci: Dicemus ficos, Caeciliane, tuas (al. tuos, v. the commentators, ad loc.),

Mart. 1, 65, 4 (cf. the same sort of pun in another place, Mart. 7, 71).—Hence poet. transf., of one who has the piles, Mart. 4, 52, 2.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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