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sicilis

sicilis · f

a cutting instrument

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What it meant

sīcīlis — Lewis & Short

sīcīlis, is, f.sica,

I a cutting instrument, sickle (cf. falx): incedit veles vulgo sicilibus latis, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 337 Müll. (Ann. v. 499 Vahl.): sicilis similitudo, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sicilis (scan p. 647; entry #10695).

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