سُوقَةٌ
1.
(assumed tropical:) A subject, and the subjects, of a king; (K, TA;) so called because driven by him; (TA;) opposite of
مَلِكٌ; (S, Mgh, Msb;) whether practising traffic or not: (Mgh:) not meaning of the people of the أَسْوَاق [or markets], as the vulgar think; (Msb;) for such are called سُوقِيُّونَ, singular سُوقِىٌّ: (Ham p. 534:) it is used alike as singular and plural (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and dual (Mgh, Msb) and masculine and feminine: (S, K:) but sometimes it has سُوَقٌ for its plural (S, K.)
2.
سُوقَةُ الطُّرْثُوثِ [in the CK, erroneously, التُّرْثُوثِ] The part of the [plant called] طرثوث
that is below the
نِكْعَة [or نَكَعَة or نُكَعَة, which is the head from the top to the extent of a finger, or the flower at the head thereof]; (O, K;) sweet and pleasant: so says Ibn-' Abbád: (O:) AHn says [of the طرثوث], it is like the penis of the ass, and there is no part of it more pleasant, nor sweeter, than its
سوقة; which is in some instances long; and in some, short. (TA.)
3.
See also سُوقٌ, last sentence.