sicilicus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /sɪˈsɪlɪkəs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A diacritic, resembling a 180°-rotated ‘C’ (i.e., being similar in appearance to ⟨ᵓ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant. Old-Latin
    — It is stated by grammarians that a sicilicus or laterally inverted Ⅽ, Ↄ, was placed above a consonant which was to be regarded as a doubled letter.
  2. A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia.
    — Both the pounds were therefore divided alike into 15 ores, that is, ounces; the ores into 4 skyllings, the sicilici of the Romans, and the skyllings into 4 pence by the Saxons, while the Danes used the mark of 20 skyllings, and the skylling of 2 mancuses.

词形变化

sicilici plural

词源

From the Latin sicilicus, the diminutive form of sicilis (“sickle”), so named because of its falciformity.
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