(adj.adj.) : Sĭcŭli, ōrum, m., = Σικελοί.
* The Siculians or Sicilians, an ancient Italian people on the Tiber, a portion of whom, driven thence, migrated to the island of Sicily, which derived its name from them, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; 3, 5, 10, § 71; Varr. L. L. 5, § 101 Müll.; Col. 1, 3, 6.—Hence, in the class. per.
* The inhabitants of Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217; id. Att. 14, 12, 1 al.—Gen. plur. Siculūm, Lucr. 6, 642.—In the sing.: Sĭcŭlus, i, m., a Sicilian, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; id. Rud. prol. 49; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32; id. de Or. 2, 69, 280; id. Rep. 1, 14, 22 et saep.—Hence
* Sĭcŭlus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sicily, Sicilian (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): tellus,i. e. Sicily,Verg. A. 1, 34: mare,Mel. 2, 7, 14; Hor. C. 2, 12, 2: unda,id. ib. 3, 4, 28; 4, 4, 44; Verg. A. 3, 696: fretum,Liv. 1, 2, 5; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 1; Tac. A. 1, 53: montes,Verg. E. 2, 21: mel,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 12; 3, 16, 14: praedo,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 75: oratores,Cic. Or, 69, 230: Epicharmus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58: poëta Empedocles,id. A. P. 463: tyrannus,i. e. Phalaris,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 41; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58; hence, juvencus,the bull of Phalaris,Pers. 3, 39; Claud. B. Gild. 187: aula,the court of Phalaris,Juv. 6, 486: fuga,the flight of Sex. Pompeius before Octavius after the naval battle near the Sicilian coast,Prop. 2, 1, 28; cf. Suet. Aug. 16; Flor. 4, 8; hence, pirata,i. e. Sex. Pompeius,Luc. 6, 422: conjux, i. e. Proserpine (so called because carried off from Sicily), Juv. 13, 50: virgo,i. e. a Siren,Stat. S. 2, 1, 10; hence, cantus,of the Sirens,Juv. 9, 150: logei, Attici omnes: nullum Siculum acceperis,i. e. provincial,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 67.
* Sĭcĭlĭa, ae, f., = Σικελία, the island of Sicily: fretum Siciliae,Caes. B. C. 2, 3; Mel. 2, 7, 14; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 86; 2, 88, 90, § 204; Plaut. Rud. prol. 54; 2, 6, 60; id. Men. 2, 3, 57; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1; 2, 3, 6, § 12 et saep. al.
* Sĭcĭlĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sicily, Sicilian: fretum,Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: hospes,from Sicily,Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 30: quaestura mea,Cic. Fam. 13, 38: annus,the quoestorship in Sicily,id. Brut. 92, 318: fisci,Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; cf. pecunia,id. ib. 1, 8, 22: spiritus,id. ib. 2, 3, 9, § 22: peregrinatio,Suet. Calig. 51: bellum,id. Aug. 70: pugna,id. ib. 96.
* Sīcĕ-lis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Σιλελίς, Sicilian; subst., a Sicilian woman: Sicelides ... puellae ... Sicelis esse volo, Ov.H.15, 51 sq.: Nymphae,id. M. 5, 412: Musae,i. e. of Theocritus, pastoral,Verg. E. 4, 1.