Supersede vs Sicilicus - What's the difference?
supersede | sicilicus |
Set (something) aside.
Take the place of.
Displace in favour of another.
(Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
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(Roman measurements) A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia.
* 1830 , Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy , volume 1,
* 1859 , Sir William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ,
A diacritic, resembling a 180-rotated ‘C’ (i.e. , being similar in appearance to ? ? ?), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.
* 1925 , Sir John Edwin Sandys, A Companion to Latin Studies (3rd edition; Cambridge University Press),
As nouns the difference between supersede and sicilicus
is that supersede is (internet) an updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version while sicilicus is (roman measurements) a unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia or sicilicus can be a diacritic, resembling a 180-rotated ‘c’ (ie , being similar in appearance to ⟨ ᵓ ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in classical latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant.As a verb supersede
is set (something) aside.supersede
English
Verb
- No one could supersede his sister.
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
Usage notes
(term) is the only English word ending in (term). Similar words include four ending in (term), and several ending in (term) (apart from seed). Because of this, supercede is a common misspelling of this word.Synonyms
* (take the place of) replace, supplant, usurpSee also
* supercede and superseed (common misspellings) * supersedure * supersessionNoun
(en noun)- Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.
References
sicilicus
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(sicilici)page 182:
- Both the pounds were therefore divided alike into 15 ores, that is, ounces; the ores into 4 skyllings, the sicilici of the Romans, and the skyllings into 4 pence by the Saxons, while the Danes used the mark of 20 skyllings, and the skylling of 2 mancuses.
9MNOC_QbPtJm3BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22sicilici%22&f=false page 1213:
- UNCIA (), the twelfth part of the As or Libra, is derived by Varro from unus'', as being the unit of the divisions of the as (''L. L.'' v. 171, Müller). It was subdivided into 2 ''semunciae'', 3 ''duellae'', 4 ''sicilici'' , 6 ''sextulae'', 24 ''scrupula'', and 144 ''siliquae .
Synonyms
* (Roman measurement) (l)Etymology 2
From the (etyl) sicilicus, the diminutive form of , so named because of its falciformity.Noun
(sicilici)page 743:
- It is stated by grammarians that a sicilicus or laterally inverted was placed above a consonant which was to be regarded as a doubled letter.
