siccus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Italic *siskwos, from Proto-Indo-European *sisku- (“dry”), presumably from *seyk-, *sek- (“to dry up”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἰσχνός (iskhnós), Proto-Celtic *siskʷos, Lithuanian sèkti (“to lower oneself, sink, dry out”), Sanskrit असश्चुषी (asaścuṣī, “not drying up”), though the phonetic details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

siccus (feminine sicca, neuter siccum, comparative siccior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dry
    Synonym: āridus
  2. sober
  3. thirsty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative siccus sicca siccum siccī siccae sicca
Genitive siccī siccae siccī siccōrum siccārum siccōrum
Dative siccō siccō siccīs
Accusative siccum siccam siccum siccōs siccās sicca
Ablative siccō siccā siccō siccīs
Vocative sicce sicca siccum siccī siccae sicca

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: sec
  • Asturian: secu
  • Catalan: sec
  • Corsican: seccu, siccu
  • French: sec
  • Friulian: sec
  • Galician: seco
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: seku
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Romagnol: sèc (Ravenna), sècc (Santarcangelo)
  • Italian: secco
  • Kabuverdianu: seku
  • Neapolitan: sicco
  • Norman: sec
  • Occitan: sec
  • Papiamentu: seku
  • Portuguese: seco
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *sɨx
  • Romanian: sec
  • Romansch: setg, sitg
  • Sardinian: siccu
  • Sicilian: siccu
  • Spanish: seco
  • Venetian: seco
  • Walloon: setch

References
  • “siccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “siccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • siccus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • siccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
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