Sĭcŭli — Lewis & Short
Sĭcŭli, ōrum, m., = *sikeloi/.
I The Siculians or Sicilians, an ancient Italian people on the Tiber, a portion of whom, driven thence, migrated to the island of Sicily, which derived its name from them, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; 3, 5, 10, § 71; Varr. L. L. 5, § 101 Müll.; Col. 1, 3, 6.—Hence, in the class. per.,
II The inhabitants of Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217; id. Att. 14, 12, 1 al.—Gen. plur. Siculūm, Lucr. 6, 642.—In the sing.: Sĭcŭlus, i, m., a Sicilian, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; id. Rud. prol. 49; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32; id. de Or. 2, 69, 280; id. Rep. 1, 14, 22 et saep.—Hence,
A Sĭcŭlus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sicily, Sicilian (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
tellus,i. e. Sicily, Verg. A. 1, 34:
mare,Mel. 2, 7, 14; Hor. C. 2, 12, 2:
unda,id. ib. 3, 4, 28; 4, 4, 44; Verg. A. 3, 696:
fretum,Liv. 1, 2, 5; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 1; Tac. A. 1, 53:
montes,Verg. E. 2, 21:
mel,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 12; 3, 16, 14:
praedo,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 75:
oratores,Cic. Or, 69, 230: Epicharmus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58:
poëta Empedocles,id. A. P. 463:
tyrannus,i. e. Phalaris, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 41; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58;
hence, juvencus,the bull of Phalaris, Pers. 3, 39; Claud. B. Gild. 187:
aula,the court of Phalaris, Juv. 6, 486:
fuga,the flight of Sex. Pompeius before Octavius after the naval battle near the Sicilian coast, Prop. 2, 1, 28; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Flor. 4, 8;
hence, pirata,i. e. Sex. Pompeius, Luc. 6, 422: conjux, i. e. Proserpine (so called because carried off from Sicily), Juv. 13, 50:
virgo,i. e. a Siren, Stat. S. 2, 1, 10;
hence, cantus,of the Sirens, Juv. 9, 150:
logei, Attici omnes: nullum Siculum acceperis,i. e. provincial, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 67.—
B Sĭcĭlĭa, ae, f., = *sikeli/a, the island of Sicily:
fretum Siciliae,Caes. B. C. 2, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 14; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 86; 2, 88, 90, § 204; Plaut. Rud. prol. 54; 2, 6, 60; id. Men. 2, 3, 57; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1; 2, 3, 6, § 12 et saep. al.—
C Sĭcĭlĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sicily, Sicilian:
fretum,Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:
hospes,from Sicily, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 30:
quaestura mea,Cic. Fam. 13, 38:
annus,the quœstorship in Sicily, id. Brut. 92, 318:
fisci,Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; cf.
pecunia,id. ib. 1, 8, 22:
spiritus,id. ib. 2, 3, 9, §
22: peregrinatio,Suet. Calig. 51:
bellum,id. Aug. 70:
pugna,id. ib. 96.—
D Sīcĕ-lis, ĭdis, adj. f., = *sileli/s, Sicilian; subst., a Sicilian woman:
Sicelides ... puellae ... Sicelis esse volo, Ov.H.15, 51 sq.: Nymphae,id. M. 5, 412:
Musae,i. e. of Theocritus, pastoral, Verg. E. 4, 1.