Sicani

See also: sicani

English

Noun

Sicani pl (plural only)

1. (historical) An ancient people of Sicily and parts of Italy.

Anagrams

• Sinaic, anisic, casini

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σικᾰνοί (Sikanoí), Σικανός (Sikanós). An Indo-European tribe of uncertain, possibly Ancient Ligurian affiliation, the Sicani's language is the earliest recorded stratum in Sicily. More at Sicani. Also compare Ancient Greek Σικελός (Sikelós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /siˈkaː.niː/, [s̠ɪˈkäːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈka.ni/, [siˈkäːni]

Proper noun

Sicānī m pl (genitive Sicānōrum); second declension

1. An ancient tribe of Sicily, which dwelt east of the Elymi and west of the Siculi

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Sicānī
Genitive	Sicānōrum
Dative	Sicānīs
Accusative	Sicānōs
Ablative	Sicānīs
Vocative	Sicānī

Related terms

• Sīcania
• Sīcanius
• Sīcanis
• Sicānus

References

• “Sicani”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sicani in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sicani”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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