Sĭcāni — Lewis & Short
Sĭcāni, ōrum, m., = *si=ka^noi/,
I a very ancient people of Italy on the Tiber, a portion of whom afterwards migrated to Sicily, Verg. A. 5, 293; 7, 795; 11, 317; Sil. 14, 34. —Hence,
A Sĭcānus (scanned Sīcănŭs, in analogy with the Greek, Sil. 10, 314; 14, 258:
Sīcānŭs,Aus. Griph. 46), a, um, adj., = *sikano/s. *
1 Of or belonging to the Sicani, Sicanian:
gentes, i. q. Sicani,Verg. A. 8, 328.—More freq.,
2 Poet., Siculian, Sicilian:
fluctus,Verg. E. 10, 4:
portus,id. A. 5, 24:
fines,id. ib. 11, 317:
montes,Ov. H. 15, 57:
Aetna,Hor. Epod. 17, 32:
pubes,Sil. 10, 314:
gens,id. 14, 258:
medimna,Aus. Griph. 46.—
B Sīcănĭus, a, um, adj., = *sika/nios, Sicanian; poet. for Siculian, Sicilian:
latus,Verg. A. 8, 416:
harena,Ov. M. 15, 279:
fretum,Val. Fl. 2, 29:
urbes,Luc. 3, 59:
populi,id. 3, 179:
apes,Mart. 2, 46, 2; 11, 9, 8.—
2 As subst.: Sī-cănĭa, ae, f., = *sikani/a, the island of Sicily, Ov. M. 5, 464; 5, 495; 13, 724; cf.:
Sicilia, Sicania, a Thucydide dicta,Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 86.—*
C Sīcănis, ĭdis, adj. f., Sicanian, for Siculian, Sicilian:
Aetna,Ov. Ib. 600.