siclus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).

Pronunciation

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;[1] 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

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 667

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