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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- sīca, ae, f. I. A curved dagger, a poniard, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 336 Müll. (Ann. v. 496 Vahl.); Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16; 2, 10, 23; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Suet. Calig. 32; Mart. 3, 16, 2; Val. Max. 3, 2, 12 al.:
tum haec cottidiana, sicae, veneni, peculatus
, i. e. for stabbing
, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur
, id. Off. 3, 8, 36.—II. Transf., the edge of a boar's tusk: cum arbore et saxo apri exacuant dentium sicas
, Plin. 18, 1, 1, 2.—Of wit: sicam ingenii destringentes
, Amm. 30, 4, 9.
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