Sicyon

Sicyon

1. An ancient city of Achaia situated near Corinthus, modern Greece.

• Sikyon

• Sicyonian
• Sicyonic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σικυών (Sikuṓn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ky.oːn/, [ˈs̠ɪkyoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.t͡ʃi.on/, [ˈsiːt͡ʃion]

Sicyōn f sg (genitive Sicyōnis); third declension

1. Sicyon (an ancient city of Achaia situated near Corinthus, modern Greece; birthplace of Aratus)

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Sicyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sicyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sicyon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly