sicilicus

  1. Noun.  (context, Roman measurements) A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia.
  2. Noun.  (context, Old Latin) A diacritic, resembling a 180°-rotated ‘C’ (''i.e.'', being similar in appearance to ⟨ ᵓ ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.

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