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Sĭcĭlĭa, ae, v. Siculi, B.

sīcīlĭo, īre, v. a. [sicilis], to cut or mow with the sickle, after the first crop has been taken off: prata, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 2; Col. 2, 22, 3; Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259.

Sĭcŭli, ōrum, m., = Σικελοί.

  1. 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.,
  2. 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,
    1. 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.
    2. B. Sĭcĭlĭa, ae, f., = Σικελία, 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.
    3. 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, id. 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.
    4. D. Sīcĕ-lis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Σιλελίς, 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.