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sicilicus.

a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[siːˈkiː.lɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[siːˈkɪ.lɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[sɪˈkɪ.lɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[siˈt͡ʃiː.li.kus]
  1. a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as)

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  2. any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement one forty-eighth of a jugerum

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  3. any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement the forty-eight part of an hour

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  4. any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement one forty-eighth of a foot (a quarter of an inch)

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  5. the name of a coin

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  6. a comma

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  7. a diacritic designating gemination of consonants, said to have been used by the ancients (antīquī) in Post-Augustan writers

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Where this word comes from

From sī̆cī̆lis (“sickle”) + -icus. An alternative hypothesis supposes the name of the coin was borrowed from a source related to Greek σίκλος (síklos), Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), etc., with the name of the unit then following.

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