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Sĭcāni, ōrum, m., = Σῖκᾰνοί, 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., = Σικανός.
- * 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., = Σικάνιος, 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., = Σικανία, 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.