siclus

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

Noun

siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. Alternative form of situla (in the writings of Antoninus of Piacenza; for syncope and then /tl/ > /kl/, cf. veclus)

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

• see: situla

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