sicilis

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

sīcīlis, is, f. [sica],

a cutting instrument , sickle (cf. falx): incedit veles vulgo sicilibus latis, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 337 Müll. (Ann. v. 499 Vahl.): sicilis similitudo, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.