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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἱκέτας (Hikétas).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hicetās m sg (genitive Hicetae); first declension
- An astronomer of Syracusae
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
References
- Hicetas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hicetas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray