sica

sīca, ae, f.

• 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.

sīca, ae, f. (seco), I) der Dolch, maximus sicarum numerus et gladiorum, Cic.: sicā confodere alcis latus, Val. Max.: ferreā sicā confodere alqm, Suet.: haec sica istam Appiam nece Papirii cruentavit, Cic.: quotiens tibi iam extorta est sica ista de manibus! Cic.: haec sica intentata nobis est, Cic.: non iam inter latera nostra sica illa versabitur, Cic.: hi pueri sicas vibrare et spargere venena didicerunt, Cic. – übtr., utroque (arbore et saxo) apri dentium sicas exacuunt, die Schneiden, Plin. 18, 2: sicam ingenii destringentes, ihren Witz wie einen geschärften Dolch brauchend, Amm. 30, 4, 9. – II) meton., der Dolchstich, die Erdolchung, geheime Mordtat, der Meuchelmord, hinc sicae, venena, falsa testamenta nascuntur, Cic.: sicae, veneni, peculatus quaestiones, Cic.

1 †sica, f. l. chorus inventus est in Graecia; Strabus dicit illud esse pellem cum duabus †sicis [l. sicutis i. e. cicutis], per quarum alteram aspiratur et per aliam sonus redditur Eul. Hist. I 41.

2 sica [CL], dagger. evaginata sub veste ~a, impetum fecit in regem Bede HE II 9 p. 99; amarae mortis acerbitas per ~am perfidi latronis penetralia cordis ipsius [sc. regis] latenter introivit B. V. Dunst. 33; ~as suas et ferramenta cetera in hoc opus necessaria secum comportaverat R. Cold. Cuthb. 88; videas huic gladio caput, illi brachium amputari; illos sagittis ‥ peti ‥ illos ~is transpenetrari Gir. EH II 30; hec seca, misericorde Gl. AN Ox. 135; quis michi tribuat sicam vel frameam, / ut preceps irruam in turbam felleam / ‥ / Judamque crucibus millenis torqueam? Walt. Wimb. Carm. 453; 1331 ~a [? l. seca] ad ligna majora sine brachiis iij; ~a [? l. seca] ad ligna minora cum brachiis (Invent.) Arch. J. LIII 274; ensis, sic gladius, seca [gl: basselard] sic sit armicudium (Vers.) WW; hec cica, A. misericord. ‥ hec ~a, A. a baselard WW; 1466 lego Willelmo B. capellano meum optimum superpellicium et optimam cicam meam Test. Ebor. II 283.

3 sica v. sicum

4 sica v. syca

sīca, (12) æ, f. , ¶ 1 poignard : Cic. Cat. 1, 16 ; 2, 23 || [fig.] sicæ Cic. Off. 3, 36, les poignards = les assassinats ¶ 2 [mét.] sicæ dentium Plin. 18, 2, les pointes des dents, dents aiguës.

sica , ae. f.
短刀。暗殺。

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sīca ae, f

• 2 SAC-, a curved dagger, poniard: non iam inter latera nostra sica illa versabitur: sicas vibrare: hinc sicae, hinc venena nascuntur.

SICA

SICAa short curved sword, a weapon of the Thracians (sica Θρακικὸν ξίφος ἐπικαμπές, Gloss. Labb.: cf. Clem. Alex. Strom. 1.16, 75; Isid. Orig. 18.8). It was used therefore by the Threces in the gladiatorial combats (Suet. Cal. 32; Mart. 3.16): its shape explains the, falx supiua in Juven. 8.201(see Mayor ad loc.; GLADIATOR, Vol. 1. p. 918 b). The annexed woodcut, from a terra-cotta lamp, shows a sica held by a Thracian (Baumeister, Denkm. p. 2099). As being smaller than the ordinary sword, and therefore more easily concealed, and perhaps as being sharp and deadly for a stab, it was the favourite weapon of robbers and murderers (sicarii), the ferrum with which grassator agit rem (Juven. 3.305: cf. Cic. Cut. 3.3, 8; pro Mil. 14, 37); and hence, as a legal term, inter sicarios comes to mean on a trial for murder. [See LEX CORNELIAp. 39.]

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Sica

A knife or dagger shaped like the tusk of a wild boar (Pliny H. N. xviii. 1). It was the national weapon of the Thracians (Val. Max. iii. 2, 12), and was used by the gladiators known as Thraeces (Suet. Calig. 32). In Rome it was carried by the lower classes, criminals, ruffians, and bullies, and was regarded as fit for such persons only (Cic. Cat. ii. 10; Quint. Decl. 321).