sīca (noun F) :
* A curved dagger, a poniard, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 336 Müll. (Ann. v. 496 Vahl.); Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16; 2, 10, 23; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Suet. Calig. 32; Mart. 3, 16, 2; Val. Max. 3, 2, 12 al.: tum haec cottidiana, sicae, veneni, peculatus,i. e. for stabbing,Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur,id. Off. 3, 8, 36.
* Transf., the edge of a boar's tusk: cum arbore et saxo apri exacuant dentium sicas,Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2.—Of wit: sicam ingenii destringentes,Amm. 30, 4, 9.