Sicani

== English == === Noun === Sicani pl (plural only) (historical) An ancient people of Sicily and parts of Italy. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Sinaic, anisic, casini == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σικᾰνοί (Sikănoí), Σικανός (Sikanós). An Indo-European tribe of uncertain, possibly Ancient Ligurian affiliation, the Sicani's language is the earliest recorded stratum in Sicily. More at Sicani. Also compare Ancient Greek Σικελός (Sikelós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪˈkaː.niː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [siˈkaː.ni] === Proper noun === Sicānī m pl (genitive Sicānōrum); second declension an ancient tribe of Sicily, which dwelt east of the Elymi and west of the Siculi ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. ==== Related terms ==== Sīcania Sīcanius Sīcanis Sicānus === References === “Sicani”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Sicani”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Sicani”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Aapologetico de la literatura española contra los opiniones"