siclus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.klus/, [ˈs̠ɪkɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.klus/, [ˈsiːklus]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שקל.
Noun
siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension
- shekel (Hebrew coin)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | siclus | siclī |
| Genitive | siclī | siclōrum |
| Dative | siclō | siclīs |
| Accusative | siclum | siclōs |
| Ablative | siclō | siclīs |
| Vocative | sicle | siclī |
Descendants
- → English: sicle
- → French: sicle
- → Italian: siclo
- → Portuguese: siclo
Etymology 2
From earlier situlus, masculine counterpart to situla. Found in Saint Antoninus of Piacenza. For the sound changes, cf. the reconstructed *sicla.
Noun
siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension
- (Late Latin) bucket
Descendants
- Dalmatian:
- sidlo
- → Serbo-Croatian: си̏дло, sȉdlo
- sidlo
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: secchio
- Neapolitan: sicchio, secchio, sicchiu
- Sicilian: sicchiu
- North Italian:
- ⇒ Piedmontese: sion
- Venetian: sécio
- → Serbo-Croatian: си̏ћ, sȉć
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: sèlyo, sèly
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: seil
- Occitano-Romance:
- Gascon: selh (Béarnais)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 966: “il secchio di legno” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sĭtŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 667
Further reading
- “siclus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- siclus 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)
- siclus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “siclus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin