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Sicilicus Moderate

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Noun
1

A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia.

2

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a 180°-rotated ‘C’ (i.e., being similar in appearance to ⟨ ᵓ ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.

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Rhyming Words
cus icus hocus ascus secus ulcus oecus focus ancus locus arcus fucus lycus vicus lacus dacus cocus orcus mucus ficus
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