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Sica

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A curved dagger used in Ancient Roman times, associated with the Thracian and Illyrians, gladiators, and Sicarii. historical

    "[...] representation of a sheathed sickle on two fragments of a limestone plaque from Siristat (Figure 12). The plaque has not survived and only a sketch made by Jüthner records it. The publishers thought it showed a gladiatorial sica[…]"

Etymology

From Latin sīca.

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