Sicyon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Sĭcyon, ōnis (abl. e, rarely i), f. (but

I masc. Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1), = Σικυών, the capital of the territory of Sicyonia in the Peloponnesus (now Vasiliko ), near the isthmus , sometimes considered as belonging to Achaia , abounding in olive-trees , the birthplace of Aratus , Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 12; Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Fam. 13, 21; id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Ov. Ib. 315; id. P. 4, 15, 10; Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; id. Merc. 3, 4, 62 al.— Abl. Sicyoni, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 8; 1, 3, 42; id. Ps. 4, 2, 38; and Sicyone, id. Cist. 1, 2, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 80; Cic. Fam. 13, 21, 1 and 2.

II —Hence, Sĭcyōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sicyon , Sicyonian : ager, Liv. 33, 15: magistratus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44: Aratus, id. Off. 2, 23, 81: calcei, a kind of soft shoes , id. de Or. 1, 54, 231: baca, olives , Verg. G. 2, 519: ager, Liv. 43, 15.—As substt.

1 Sĭ-cyōnĭi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Sicyon , the Sicyonians , Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; id. Att. 1, 19, 9; 1, 20, 4; 2, 1, 10 al.—

2 Sĭcyōnĭa , ōrum, n., Sicyonian shoes , Lucil. ap. Fest. s. h. v. p. 337 Müll.; Lucr. 4, 1125; Verg. Cir. 168; Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4.

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