sicilicus.
a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as)
Meaning & usage
a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as)
any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement one forty-eighth of a jugerum
any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement the forty-eight part of an hour
any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement one forty-eighth of a foot (a quarter of an inch)
the name of a coin
a comma
a diacritic designating gemination of consonants, said to have been used by the ancients (antīquī) in Post-Augustan writers
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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