name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsɪsəl/
/ˈsɪkəl/
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name
Meaning 1
The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Siculian
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
