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English
Noun
sicula (plural siculae)
- (zoology) The hard, triangular apex of a graptolite from which it grows.
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Italian
Adjective
sicula
- feminine singular of siculo
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Latin
Adjective
sicula
- inflection of siculus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
siculā
- ablative feminine singular of siculus
References
- “sicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sicula 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)
- sicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.