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Siceliot, n. and a.|sɪs-, sɪˈkɛlɪɒt|
Also Sikeliot, -ote.
[ad. Gr. σικελιώτης, f. σικελία Sicily: see -ot2, -ote.]
A. n. One of the ancient Greeks who colonized Sicily, distinguished from the Sicels who had settled in Sicily before their coming.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Siceliots.
1836Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxii. 263 [They were] linked together by the common name of Siceliots. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIV. 407/1 The intimate knowledge which he [sc. Thucydides] shows respecting the history of the Italiotes and Siceliots. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 16/1 The ancient kingship was perhaps kept on or renewed in some of the Sikeliot and Italiot towns. 1892Athenæum 7 May 597/3 In Syracuse then lay the last hopes of rescue for the Siceliot Greeks. 1931D. Maciver Greek Cities in Italy & Sicily xii. 172 Gela was chosen for the Pan-Sikeliot conference of Greek Cities in 424 B.C. |