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Sicca
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Sic′ca
,Noun.
[Ar.
sikka
.] A seal; a coining die; – used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
Sicca rupee
, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at about two shillings sterling, or fifty cents.
Definition 2024
sicca
sicca
English
Noun
sicca (plural siccas)
- A seal; a coining die.
- (attributive) The silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
Derived terms
- sicca rupee
Latin
Adjective
sicca
- nominative feminine singular of siccus
- nominative neuter plural of siccus
- accusative neuter plural of siccus
- vocative feminine singular of siccus
- nominative neuter plural of siccus
siccā
- ablative feminine singular of siccus
References
- SICCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sicca in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray