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sica
sica
See also: šica
Latin
Noun
sīca f (genitive sīcae); first declension
- a poniard, a curved dagger
- the edge of a boar's tusk
- Cum arbore et saxo apri exacuant dentium sicas.
- Boars may sharpen the edge of their tusks using tree and stone.
- Cum arbore et saxo apri exacuant dentium sicas.
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sīca | sīcae |
genitive | sīcae | sīcārum |
dative | sīcae | sīcīs |
accusative | sīcam | sīcās |
ablative | sīcā | sīcīs |
vocative | sīca | sīcae |
Derived terms
References
- sica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to plunge a dagger, knife in some one's heart: sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere (Liv. 1. 58)
- to plunge a dagger, knife in some one's heart: sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere (Liv. 1. 58)
- sica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin