sicilicula

Latin

Etymology

From sicilis (“sickle”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix); compare also sicilicus.

Noun

sicilicula f (genitive siciliculae); first declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) a little sickle
    • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 4.4.1169, (trochaic septenarius):
      post sicilicula argenteola et duae conexae maniculae et / sucula.
      then a little silver sickle and two joined little hands and a winch [or "and a little sow"].

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sicilicula siciliculae
genitive siciliculae siciliculārum
dative siciliculae siciliculīs
accusative siciliculam siciliculās
ablative siciliculā siciliculīs
vocative sicilicula siciliculae

References

  • “sicilicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sicilicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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