The Siculians

Sĭcŭli, ōrum, m., = Sikeloi.

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. [p. 1694] 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., = Sikelia, 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 quœstorship in Sicily, id. Brut. 92, 318:

fisci,

id. 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., = Silelis, 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.