Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From secō (cut, verb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sicilis f (genitive sicilis); third declension

  1. sickle
    Synonym: secula
Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sicilis sicilēs
Genitive sicilis sicilium
Dative sicilī sicilibus
Accusative sicilem sicilēs
sicilīs
Ablative sicile sicilibus
Vocative sicilis sicilēs
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Aromanian: seatsiri
  • Romanian: secere
  • Vulgar Latin: *sicila, *sicilāre (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sikilu (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2 edit

From sīca +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sīcilis f (genitive sīcilis); third declension

  1. spearhead
Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīcilis sīcilēs
Genitive sīcilis sīcilium
Dative sīcilī sīcilibus
Accusative sīcilem sīcilēs
sīcilīs
Ablative sīcile sīcilibus
Vocative sīcilis sīcilēs

References edit

Further reading edit

  • 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