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

  1. 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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: seatsirã, seatsiri
  • Dalmatian: secla
  • Romanian: seceră
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *sikilu (see there for further descendants)

See also

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
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