siccus

== Latin == === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Italic *siskʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *siskus (“dry”), presumably from *sek- (“to dry up”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἰσχνός (iskhnós), Proto-Celtic *siskʷos, Lithuanian sèkti (“to lower oneself, sink, dry out”), Sanskrit असश्चुषी (asaścuṣī, “not drying up”), though the phonetic details are unclear. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɪk.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsik.kus] === Adjective === siccus (feminine sicca, neuter siccum, comparative siccior); first/second-declension adjective dry Synonym: āridus sober thirsty ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “siccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “siccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "siccus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “siccus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.