Sĭcāni, ōrum, m., = Σικᾰνοί,
I a very ancient people of Italy on the Tiber , a portion of whom afterwards migrated to Sicily , Verg. A. 5, 293; 7, 795; 11, 317; Sil. 14, 34. —Hence,
A Sĭcānus (scanned Sīcănŭs, in analogy with the Greek, Sil. 10, 314; 14, 258: Sīcānŭs, Aus. Griph. 46), a, um, adj., = Σικανός. *
1 Of or belonging to the Sicani, Sicanian : gentes, i. q. Sicani, Verg. A. 8, 328.—More freq.,
2 Poet., Siculian , Sicilian : fluctus, Verg. E. 10, 4: portus, id. A. 5, 24: fines, id. ib. 11, 317: montes, Ov. H. 15, 57: Aetna, Hor. Epod. 17, 32: pubes, Sil. 10, 314: gens, id. 14, 258: medimna, Aus. Griph. 46.—
B Sīcănĭus , a, um, adj., = Σικάνιος, Sicanian; poet. for Siculian , Sicilian : latus, Verg. A. 8, 416: harena, Ov. M. 15, 279: fretum, Val. Fl. 2, 29: urbes, Luc. 3, 59: populi, id. 3, 179: apes, Mart. 2, 46, 2; 11, 9, 8.—
2 As subst.: Sī-cănĭa , ae, f., = Σικανία, the island of Sicily , Ov. M. 5, 464; 5, 495; 13, 724; cf.: Sicilia, Sicania, a Thucydide dicta, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 86.—*
C Sīcănis , ĭdis, adj. f. , Sicanian , for Siculian , Sicilian : Aetna, Ov. Ib. 600.