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Meaning of sicilicus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[siːˈkiː.lɪ.kʊs]

Definitions

  1. a sicilicus (a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia, or 1/48 of an as)
  2. any other units that are 1/48 of another unit of measurement
  3. one forty-eighth of a jugerum
  4. the forty-eight part of an hour
  5. one forty-eighth of a foot (a quarter of an inch)
  6. the name of a coin
  7. a comma
  8. a diacritic designating gemination of consonants, said to have been used by the ancients (antīquī) in Post-Augustan writers

Equivalents

English comma

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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