I.a very ancient people of Italy on the Tiber, a portion of whom afterwards migrated to Sicily, Verg. A. 5, 293; 7, 795; 11, 317; Sil. 14, 34. —Hence,
A. Sĭcānus (scanned Sīcănŭs, in analogy with the Greek, Sil. 10, 314; 14, 258: “Sīcānŭs,” Aus. Griph. 46), a, um, adj., = Σικανός. *
1. Of or belonging to the Sicani, Sicanian: “gentes, i. q. Sicani,” Verg. A. 8, 328.—More freq.,
2. Poet., Siculian, Sicilian: “fluctus,” Verg. E. 10, 4: “portus,” id. A. 5, 24: “fines,” id. ib. 11, 317: “montes,” Ov. H. 15, 57: “Aetna,” Hor. Epod. 17, 32: “pubes,” Sil. 10, 314: “gens,” id. 14, 258: “medimna,” Aus. Griph. 46.—
B. Sīcănĭus , a, um, adj., = Σικάνιος, Sicanian; poet. for Siculian, Sicilian: “latus,” Verg. A. 8, 416: “harena,” Ov. M. 15, 279: “fretum,” Val. Fl. 2, 29: “urbes,” Luc. 3, 59: “populi,” id. 3, 179: “apes,” Mart. 2, 46, 2; 11, 9, 8.—
2. As subst.: Sī-cănĭa , ae, f., = Σικανία, the island of Sicily, Ov. M. 5, 464; 5, 495; 13, 724; cf.: “Sicilia, Sicania, a Thucydide dicta,” Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 86.—*
