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English
Etymology
From Latin Siculi.
Noun
Siculi pl (plural only)
- The Sicels.
Anagrams
Italian
Proper noun
Siculi m pl (plural only)
- 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
Proper noun
Siculī m pl (genitive Siculōrum); second declension
- An ancient pre-Roman tribe that was part of the early population of Latium and Sicily
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
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