Sicel

English +s Etymology From en la Siculi, from en grc Σικελός. See also en Sicily. Greek historians including Thucydides suggested Siculus, a legendary king and son of Italus, as the progenitor of the Sicels. Pronunciation en /ˈsɪsəl/ /ˈsɪkəl/ Noun en historical A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age. Synonyms en Siculi plural only en Siculian Proper noun + - en linguistics The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels. en Siculian 2010, Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter) page 116, Their language, Sicel or Siculan, is considered by most scholars to be an independent IE language whose deeper connections with Italic are poorly demonstrated. en 2010 Benjamin W. Fortson, IV Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction 2nd Wiley (publisher) John Wiley & Sons https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_kn5c5dJmNUC&pg=PA469&dq=%22sicel%22+language&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLguL7kabzAhWRmWoFHWx_DxcQ6AF6BAhWEAI#v=onepage&q=%22sicel%22%20language&f=false 469 In Sicily were spoken at least two languages during the first millennium BC that are widely thought to have been Indo-European. The first, Sicel (or Siculian), was spoken by the Siculians in eastern Sicily. en 2012 Oliver Simkin Coins and language in ancient Sicily Olga Tribulato Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily w:Cambridge University Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mqOQElmsdyAC&pg=PA170&dq=%22sicel%22+language&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLguL7kabzAhWRmWoFHWx_DxcQ6AF6BAggEAI#v=onepage&q=%22sicel%22%20language&f=false 170 Although the contribution of the Sicel language to coin inscriptions is not great, there is another case where Sicel is often invoked, and which unusually is not a proper name. Anagrams en ceils -sicle Celis ILECs Leics Slice ceils ciels clies sicle slice en Ethnonyms Extinct languages