sicilis

Latin

Etymology 1

From secō (“cut”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ki.lis/, [ˈs̠ɪkɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.t͡ʃi.lis/, [ˈsiːt͡ʃilis]

Noun

sicilis f (genitive sicilis); third declension

1. sickle

   Synonym: secula

Declension

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

Descendants

• Aromanian: seatsiri
• Romanian: secere
• Vulgar Latin: *sicila, *sicilāre (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *sikilu (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From sīca +‎ -īlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːˈkiː.lis/, [s̠iːˈkiːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈt͡ʃi.lis/, [siˈt͡ʃiːlis]

Noun

sīcīlis f (genitive sīcīlis); third declension

1. spearhead
   • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 479, (fragment per Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus, glossed there as "hastarum spicula lata"):

     i͞ncēdi͞t vēle͞s vo͞lgō sīcīlĭbŭs lātīs

     the skirmisher advances all over with broad/widespread spearheads

Declension

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

Derived terms

• sīcīlicus

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭcĭlis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 591

Further reading

• “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