siciliō

Meaning

1. to mow (a meadow) with a sickle
   Feriis autem ritus maiorum etiam illa permittit: far pinsere, faces incidere, candelas sebare, vineam conductam colere; piscinas, lacus, fossas veteres tergere et purgare, prata sicilire, stercora aequare, faenum in tabulata conponere, fructus oliveti conductos cogere, mala, pira, ficos pandere, caseum facere, arbores serendi causa collo vel mulo clitellario adferre1941 translation by Harrison Boyd Ash Furthermore, the religious observances of our forefathers permit these tasks also on holidays: the braying of spelt; the cutting of torches; the dipping of candles; the tilling of a leased vineyard; the clearing out and cleaning of fish-ponds, cisterns, and old ditches; the sickling of meadows; the spreading of manure; the storing of hay in the loft; the gathering of the fruits of a leased olive-grove; the spreading of apples, pears, and figs to dry; the making of cheese; the carrying of trees for planting, either on our own shoulders or with a pack mule.4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 2.21.3
   Senescunt prata restituique debent faba in iis sata vel rapis vel milio, mox insequente anno frumento, rursusque in⟨a⟩rata tertio relinqui, praeterea quotiens secta sint sicilir⟨i⟩, hoc est quae fenise⟨c⟩es praeterierunt secari. Est enim in primis inutile enasci herbas sementaturas.1950 translation by H. Rackham Meadows go off with age, and need to be revived by sowing in them a crop of beans or turnip or millet, and afterwards in the following year corn, and in the third year they should again be left fallow; and moreover every time they are cut they should be gone over with the sickle, for the purpose of cutting all the growth that the mowers have passed over; for it is very detrimental indeed for any weeds to spring up that will scatter seeds.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 18.259

Conjugation conjugation 4 perfect

Origins

From sicilis (“sickle”) + -iō.