I. 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.,
II. 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,
A. 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. 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.—
B. Sĭcĭlĭa , ae, f., = Σικελία, 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.—
C. 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,” Cic. 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.—
