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Sīgēum , i, n., = Σίγειον,
I.a promontory in Troas, and a town of the same name, where Achilles was buried, now Yenishehr, Mel. 1, 18, 3; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; Cic. Arch. 10, 24; id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; Liv. 44, 28, 6.—Hence, Sīgēus (collat. form Sīgēïa tellus, Ov. H. 1, 33: “Sigeïa litora,” id. M. 13, 3), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sigeum, Sigean: “litora,” Mel. 2, 7, 4; Ov. M. 12, 71: “freta,” Verg. A. 2, 312: “campi,” id. ib. 7, 294: “profundum,” Ov. M. 11, 197.
1. Poet. transf., Trojan: “natum Sigeo in pulvere,” i.e. in the Trojan war, Stat. Achill. 1, 84.—
2. Roman: “colonus,” Sil. 9, 203.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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