Sicel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.
name
  1. The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪsəl/ /ˈsɪkəl/

Word forms

Sicel Sicels

Etymology

From Latin Siculi, from Ancient Greek Σικελός (Sikelós). See also Sicily. Greek historians including Thucydides suggested Siculus, a legendary king and son of Italus, as the progenitor of the Sicels.

Synonyms

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