siclus
Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɪ.kɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.klus]
Noun
siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension
- shekel (Hebrew coin)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siclus | siclī |
| genitive | siclī | siclōrum |
| dative | siclō | siclīs |
| accusative | siclum | siclōs |
| ablative | siclō | siclīs |
| vocative | sicle | siclī |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension (Late Latin)
- alternative form of situla (in the writings of Antoninus of Piacenza;[1] for syncope and then /tl/ > /kl/, cf. veclus)
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siclus | siclī |
| genitive | siclī | siclōrum |
| dative | siclō | siclīs |
| accusative | siclum | siclōs |
| ablative | siclō | siclīs |
| vocative | sicle | siclī |
Descendants
- see: situla
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 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