siclus

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שקל.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.klus/, [ˈs̠ɪkɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.klus/, [ˈsiːklus]

Noun

siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension

1. 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

• → Catalan: sicle
• → English: sicle
• → French: sicle
• → Italian: siclo
• → Portuguese: siclo
• → Spanish: 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)

1. bucket

Inflection

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

• Dalmatian:
  • sidlo
    • → Serbo-Croatian: си̏дло, sȉdlo
• 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
  • Gascon: selh (Béarnais)
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: seil

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), volumes 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