sicilicula

Latin

Etymology

From sicilis (“sickle”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix); compare also sicilicus.

Noun

sicilicula f (genitive siciliculae); first declension

1. (hapax) a little sickle
   • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 4.4.1169, (trochaic septenarius):

     post sicilicula argenteola et duae conexae maniculae et / sucula.

     then a little silver sickle and two joined little hands and a winch [or "and a little sow"].

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sicilicula	siciliculae
genitive	siciliculae	siciliculārum
dative	siciliculae	siciliculīs
accusative	siciliculam	siciliculās
ablative	siciliculā	siciliculīs
vocative	sicilicula	siciliculae

References

• “sicilicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sicilicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.