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κολοκύνθη (kolokunthē) a gourd ^G:N-F

κολοκύνθη-η,

[Refs 4th c.BC+]; Attic dialect κολοκύντη, ἡ [Refs 4th c.BC+] (variant -τα, -θα), also [Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative -την [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—later κολόκυντᾰ (accusative -ᾰν) [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; genitive -της [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; accusative plural -τας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κολόκυνθᾰ [LXX+4th c.BC+], Luc.[same place], Hdn.Gr.1.253, variant for -θη (nominative singular) in [Refs 2nd c.AD+], but nominative -θη, accusative -θην [Refs]; nominative plural -θαι [Refs]:— round gourd, Cucurbita maxima, [Refs 7th c.BC+] (Aeolic dialect accusative plural -ταις), [Refs 5th c.BC+] (in accusative -θην, variant -την), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἀγρία colocynth, Citrullus [Refs], Dsc.[same place]: symbolic of health, from its juicy nature, ὑγιώτερον κολοκύντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a lily was of death, ἢ κολοκύντην ἢ κρίνον living or dead, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —for λημᾶν κολοκύνταις, see.λημάω.

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Jonah.4.7}