sicilicus

Meaning

Noun

• A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia.
• 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a 180°-rotated ‘C’ (i.e., being similar in appearance to ⟨ ᵓ ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.

Related

Similar words

• siclus

Origin

• From Latin.
• From the Latin sicilicus, the diminutive form of sicilis, so named because of its falciformity.