siclus
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.klus/, [ˈs̠ɪkɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.klus/, [ˈsiːklus]
Noun
[edit]siclus m (genitive siclī); second declension
- shekel (Hebrew coin)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siclus | siclī |
| genitive | siclī | siclōrum |
| dative | siclō | siclīs |
| accusative | siclum | siclōs |
| ablative | siclō | siclīs |
| vocative | sicle | siclī |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siclus | siclī |
| genitive | siclī | siclōrum |
| dative | siclō | siclīs |
| accusative | siclum | siclōs |
| ablative | siclō | siclīs |
| vocative | sicle | siclī |
Descendants
[edit]- see: situla
References
[edit]- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 667
Further reading
[edit]- “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