sica

From LSJ

Ψυχῆς γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστι τιμιώτερον → Nil reperiri carius vita potest → Kein Gut ist als das Leben wertvoller

Menander, Monostichoi, 552

Latin > English

sica sicae N F :: dagger

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sīca: ae, f.
I A curved dagger, a poniard, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 336 Müll. (Ann. v. 496 Vahl.); Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16; 2, 10, 23; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Suet. Calig. 32; Mart. 3, 16, 2; Val. Max. 3, 2, 12 al.: tum haec cottidiana, sicae, veneni, peculatus, i. e. for stabbing, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: hinc sicae, hinc venena, hinc falsa testamenta nascuntur, id. Off. 3, 8, 36.—
II Transf., the edge of a boar's tusk: cum arbore et saxo apri exacuant dentium sicas, Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2.—Of wit: sicam ingenii destringentes, Amm. 30, 4, 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sīca,¹² æ, f.,
1 poignard : Cic. Cat. 1, 16 ; 2, 23 || [fig.] sicæ Cic. Off. 3, 36, les poignards = les assassinats
2 [mét.] sicæ dentium Plin. 18, 2, les pointes des dents, dents aiguës.

Latin > German (Georges)

sīca, ae, f. (seco), I) der Dolch, maximus sicarum numerus et gladiorum, Cic.: sicā confodere alcis latus, Val. Max.: ferreā sicā confodere alqm, Suet.: haec sica istam Appiam nece Papirii cruentavit, Cic.: quotiens tibi iam extorta est sica ista de manibus! Cic.: haec sica intentata nobis est, Cic.: non iam inter latera nostra sica illa versabitur, Cic.: hi pueri sicas vibrare et spargere venena didicerunt, Cic. – übtr., utroque (arbore et saxo) apri dentium sicas exacuunt, die Schneiden, Plin. 18, 2: sicam ingenii destringentes, ihren Witz wie einen geschärften Dolch brauchend, Amm. 30, 4, 9. – II) meton., der Dolchstich, die Erdolchung, geheime Mordtat, der Meuchelmord, hinc sicae, venena, falsa testamenta nascuntur, Cic.: sicae, veneni, peculatus quaestiones, Cic.

Latin > Chinese

sica, ae. f. :: 短刀暗殺

Translations

dagger

Albanian: kamë; Arabic: خَنْجَر‎; Egyptian Arabic: خنجر‎; Hijazi Arabic: خَنْجَر‎; Armenian: դաշույն; Avar: ханжар; Azerbaijani: xəncər; Basque: sastagai; Belarusian: кінжал; Bulgarian: кама; Catalan: daga, punyal; Chinese Mandarin: 短劍, 短剑, 匕首, 短刀; Czech: dýka; Danish: dolk; Dutch: dolk; Esperanto: ponardo; Estonian: pistoda; Faroese: slíðraknívur, dolkur, daggari; Finnish: tikari; French: poignard; Friulian: pugnâl; Georgian: ხანჯალი, დაშნა, სატევარი; German: Dolch; Greek: στιλέτο, εγχειρίδιο, ξιφίδιο; Ancient Greek: ξιφίδιον, ἐγχειρίδιον; Hebrew: פגיון‎; Hindi: छुरा, छूरा, छुरी, छूरी, ख़ंजर, खंजर, क्षुरी, क्षुर, क्षौरी, कटार, कटारी, छुरिका, असि; Hungarian: tőr; Icelandic: rýtingur; Ido: poniardo; Indonesian: belati; Irish: miodóg; Italian: daga, pugnale, stiletto; Japanese: 短剣, 短刀; Javanese: glathi; Kalmyk: ханҗал; Kannada: ಬಾಕು; Kazakh: қанжар; Khmer: កាំបិតស្នៀត; Korean: 단검; Kurdish Central Kurdish: دەبان‎, خەنجەر‎; Kyrgyz: канжар; Latgalian: tutyns, mylyns; Latin: pugio, sica; Latvian: duncis; Lithuanian: peilis; Macedonian: бодеж, кама; Malay: belati; Malayalam: കഠാര; Maori: oka; Maranao: gonong, gorok; Mon: ၜုန်ပညံၚ်; Norwegian: dolk; Pali: churikā; Persian: خنجر‎, دشنه‎; Polish: sztylet, kindżał; Portuguese: adaga, punhal; Romanian: pumnal, jungher, stilet, șiș; Russian: кинжал, стилет, кортик; Scottish Gaelic: biodag, cuinnsear; Serbo-Croatian: bodež, бодеж, kama, кама; Slovak: dýka; Slovene: bodež; Southern Altai: канджар, канјыл, канджыл; Spanish: daga, puñal; Swahili: jambia; Swedish: dolk; Tagalog: punyal, balaraw, patalim, daga; Tajik: ханҷар, дашна; Turkish: hançer; Turkmen: hancar, gylyç; Ukrainian: кинджал; Uzbek: xanjar; Vietnamese: dao găm; Welsh: dagr, bidogan; Yiddish: דאַגער‎