I.an assassin, murderer (syn.: “percussor, homicida): per abusionem sicarios etiam omnes vocamus, qui caedem telo quocumque commiserint,” Quint. 10, 1, 12: “vetus,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39; * Hor. S. 1, 4, 4; Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Suet. Caes. 72: “jam sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant,” of assassination, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 90; so, “quaestio inter sicarios,” id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; and: “inter sicarios defendere,” id. Phil. 2, 4, 8: “lex Cornelia (Sullae) de sicariis,” Just. Inst. 4, 18, § 5: “lege de sicariis condemnari,” Tac. A. 13, 44 fin.; cf. “Orell. Ind. Legum, in his edit. of Cic., vol. viii. 3, p. 162: in exercendā de sicariis quaestione, etc.,” Suet. Caes. 11.
sīcārĭus , i, m. sica,