Sicel
/ˈsɪsəl/
Sicel noun: a member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.
Noun
Sicel (plural Sicels)
Proper noun
Sicel (uncountable)
- The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels.
- Their language, Sicel or Siculan, is considered by most scholars to be an independent IE language whose deeper connections with Italic are poorly demonstrated.2010, Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, Walter de Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter) page 116
- In Sicily were spoken at least two languages during the first millennium BC that are widely thought to have been Indo-European. The first, Sicel (or Siculian), was spoken by the Siculians in eastern Sicily.2010, Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 469
- Synonyms:
- Siculian
Synonyms of Sicel
Forms of Sicel
| plural | Sicels |
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Origin of Sicel
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.
Questions about Sicel
- What does Sicel mean?
- Sicel means a member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.
- What part of speech is Sicel?
- Sicel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sicel?
- Sicel is pronounced /ˈsɪsəl/.
- What is the plural of Sicel?
- The plural of Sicel is Sicels.
Words near Sicel in the dictionary
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