Siculi

See also: siculi

English

Etymology

Latin Siculi

Noun

1. The Sicels.

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Italian

Proper noun

1. the Tjeker or Tjekker, one of the Sea Peoples

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῐκελοί (Sikeloí, “Sicels”), from Σῐκελός (Sikelós, “Sicel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ku.liː/, [ˈs̠ɪkʊlʲiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ku.li/, [ˈsiːkuli]

Proper noun

Siculī m pl (genitive Siculōrum); second declension

1. An ancient pre-Roman tribe that was part of the early population of Latium and Sicily

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Siculī
Genitive	Siculōrum
Dative	Siculīs
Accusative	Siculōs
Ablative	Siculīs
Vocative	Siculī

References

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