θέρος: [3 verses] (noun sg neut nom/acc) "Summer" is theros, which means "summer," "summerfruits," "harvest," and "crop."  - -- The word for "summer" primarily means "harvest" in Greek. We might think that the new leaves on the fig tree means "spring," but since the reference is to the propagation of a fig tree, it would start growing at harvest time. A little about the propagation of figs: typically, cutting are taken before the winter and growing out of the ground through the winter (to protect from cold) and planted in the spring. Figs are a technically a reed bush, not a tree, growing fruit only from new growth from the previous year.