LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

sī̆cī̆licus

sī̆cī̆licus m (genitive sī̆cī̆licī)
Classical[siːˈkiː.lɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[siˈt͡ʃiː.li.kus]

Meaning

  1. a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as)
  2. broadlyone forty-eighth of a jugerum
  3. broadlythe forty-eight part of an hour
  4. broadlyone forty-eighth of a foot (a quarter of an inch)
  5. the name of a coin
  6. a comma
  7. a diacritic designating gemination of consonants, said to have been used by the ancients (antīquī) in Post-Augustan writers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesī̆cī̆licussī̆cī̆licī
genitivesī̆cī̆licīsī̆cī̆licōrum
dativesī̆cī̆licōsī̆cī̆licīs
accusativesī̆cī̆licumsī̆cī̆licōs
ablativesī̆cī̆licōsī̆cī̆licīs
vocativesī̆cī̆licesī̆cī̆licī

sīcīlĭcus (sīcīlĭquus, and in inscrr. also designated by , Inscr. Orell. 2537), i, m. id..
I. Lit.
A. In gen., the fourth part of an uncia, and consequently the forty-eight part of an as: cum noverca universae hereditatis habeat dodrantem semunciam et sicilicum, Dig. 33, 1, 21, § 2. —
B. In partic.
a. As a measure of length, a quarter of an inch, Front. Aquaed. 28; Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 94; 31, 6, 31, § 57.—
b. As a measure of land, one forty-eighth of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 9; 5, 2, 5.—
c. As a weight, two drachms, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 20. —
d. As a measure of time, the forty-eighth part of an hour, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.—
e. As a copper coin, two drachms, Inscr. Orell. 2854.—
II. Transf. (from the figure of the sicilicus; v. supra, init.), in the later grammarians, a comma, Mar. Vict. p. 2467 P.— Also as a sign of the doubling of consonants (as, An'ius, Lucul'us, Mem'ius, sel'a, ser'a, as'eres), Mar. Vict. p. 2456 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 26 fin.

Origins

From sī̆cī̆lis (“sickle”) + -icus. An alternative hypothesis supposes the name of the coin was borrowed from a source related to Greek σίκλος (síklos), Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), etc., with the name of the unit then following.

Descendants
  • Englishsicilicus

Quick answers

What does sī̆cī̆licus mean in Latin?
sī̆cī̆licus, a noun, means “a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as); the name of a coin; a comma”.
What is the genitive of sī̆cī̆licus?
The genitive singular is sī̆cī̆licī. sī̆cī̆licus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce sī̆cī̆licus?
In classical Latin, [siːˈkiː.lɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [siˈt͡ʃiː.li.kus].