sycamine
English
Etymology
From Latin sȳcamīnus, from Ancient Greek σῡκάμῑνος (sūkámīnos), from Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, “sycamore”) (with assimilation to σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”)).
Noun
sycamine (plural sycamines)
- A tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.
- Synonym: sycamore
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke xvij:[6], folio ciiij, verso:
- The lorde ſayde: yf ye had fayth lyke a grayne off muſtard ſede / and ſhulde ſaye vnto thys ſycamyne tree / plucke thy ſilfe vppe by the rotes / and plant thy ſilfe in the ſee: he ſhoulde obey you.
Translations
a type of tree
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Latin
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