sicilis
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from secō (“cut”) or sīca (“a curved dagger, poniard”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siːˈkiː.lis/, [s̠iːˈkiːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈt͡ʃi.lis/, [siˈt͡ʃiːlis]
Noun
sīcīlis f (genitive sīcīlis); third declension
- an instrument for cutting; sword, sickle
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sīcīlis | sīcīlēs |
| Genitive | sīcīlis | sīcīlium |
| Dative | sīcīlī | sīcīlibus |
| Accusative | sīcīlem | sīcīlēs sīcīlīs |
| Ablative | sīcīle | sīcīlibus |
| Vocative | sīcīlis | sīcīlēs |
Synonyms
- (sickle): secula
Derived terms
- sīcīlicula
- sīcīlicus
- sīcīlimenta
- sīcīliō
Descendants
- Aromanian: seatsirã, seatsiri
- Dalmatian: secla
- Romanian: seceră
- → Proto-West Germanic: *sikilu (see there for further descendants)
See also
- sīca
References
- “sicilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sicilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sicilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “sicilis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers