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|Text=[[Κίλικία]], ἡ.

a [[Cilician]]: [[Κίλιξ]], -ικος, ὁ.

[[Cicician]], adj.: [[Κιλίκιος]]. Fem. adj., [[Κίλισσα]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Cĭlĭcĭa</b>: ae, f., = Κιλικία,<br /><b>I</b> a [[province]] in the [[southern]] [[part]] of [[Asia]] Minor, [[between]] [[Pamphylia]] and [[Syria]], [[now]] Ejalet Itschil, Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 11, 2; 1, 13, 1 sq.; 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 42; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Fam. 15, 1, 2 sq. al.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Cĭlix, ĭcis (abl. Cilici, Lucr. 2, 416 Lachm.; Verg. Cul. 399 al.;<br /> v. [[infra]]), adj., = [[Κίλιξ]], Cilician: Cilici [[croco]] (of [[special]] [[excellence]]), Lucr. 2, 416; Verg. Cul. 399 Sillig; cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 160; 3, 3, 34: [[Taurus]], Ov. M. 2, 217: [[tonsor]], Mart. 7, 95: Tamira, Tac. H. 2, 3.—Subst. in plur.: Cĭlĭ-ces, um, m., = Κίλικες, the Cilicians, the inhabitants of [[Cilicia]], [[notorious]] for the [[practice]] of [[piracy]], Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; id. Fam. 15, 1, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Tib. 1, 2, 67; Tac. A. 2, 78 al.: agrestium Cilicum nationes quibus Clitarum [[cognomentum]], id. ib. 12, 55.—Acc. Gr. Cilicas, Tib. 1, 7, 16; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 39: [[Cilices]] [[Clitae]], a [[barbarous]] [[tribe]] in the mountains of [[Cilicia]], Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 6, 41.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fem.: Cĭlissa, ae, = [[Κίλισσα]], Cilician (cf. Phoenissa, from [[Phoenix]]), adj.: [[terra]] Cilissa, Ov. Ib. 198: [[spica]], of [[crocus]], Prop. 4 (5), 6, 74; Ov. F. 1, 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cĭlĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Cilician: portae, Nep. Dat. 7, 2: [[mare]], Plin. 5, 27, 26, § 96: cotes, id. 36, 22, 47, §§ 164 and 165: [[crocum]], id. 21, 6, 17, § 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: cĭ-lĭcĭum, ii, n., = [[Κιλίκιον]], a [[covering]], [[originally]] made of Cilician goats' [[hair]], used by soldiers and seamen, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95 Ascon.; Col. 12, 46; Liv. 38, 7, 10; Veg. 2, 14, 3; also adj.: [[vela]], Dig. 19, 1, 17; 33, 7, 12; cf. also udones, made of Cilician goats' [[hair]], Mart. 14, 148.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Cĭlĭcĭensis, e, adj., Cilician: [[legio]], Caes. B. C. 3, 88: [[provincia]], Cic. Fam. 13, 67, 1: [[vicinus]], id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Cĭlĭcĭa</b>,¹⁰ æ, f., Cilicie [région de l’Asie Mineure] : Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 2.
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