Sicel
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age. historical
- 1 The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels. uncountable
"2010, Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, Walter de Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter) page 116, Their language, Sicel or Siculan, is considered by most scholars to be an independent IE language whose deeper connections with Italic are poorly demonstrated."
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More examples"2010, Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, Walter de Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter) page 116, Their language, Sicel or Siculan, is considered by most scholars to be an independent IE language whose deeper connections with Italic are poorly demonstrated."
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.
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