Sibyln.

/ˈsɪbɪl/

Forms: α. Middle English–1600s sibil (Middle English sibbil), Middle English–1600s sibill (1600s sibell); Middle English, 1600s sibille, Middle English, 1500s sibile (Middle English Scottish sebile), 1500s sibylle; 1600s– sibyl, 1600s–1700s sibyll. β. Middle English sybyl, Middle English sybylle, 1600s sybell, sybyll; Middle English, 1500s– sybil, Middle English–1600s sybill, 1500s–1600s sybille.

Etymology: < Old French Sibile, Sebile (French Sibylle ), or < medieval Latin Sibilla , Latin Sibylla , Sibulla , < Greek Σίβυλλα ; the explanation of this as Doric Σιοβόλλα = Attic Θεοβούλη is given by Jerome. In sense 1 now usually written with a capital, in sense 2 with a small letter.

1. One or other of certain women of antiquity who were reputed to possess powers of prophecy and divination.In later times the number of these was usually set down as ten, flourishing at different times and places in Asia, Africa, Greece, and Italy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > sybil

Sibylc1374

Sibyllaa1400

Sibyllist1899

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person > female

prophetessc1350

Sibylc1374

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1450 He for sibille his suster sente, That called was Cassandre al aboute.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 383 That Sibille of whom ye wite, That alle men yit clepen sage.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6999 Þe first sibile o pers, Men findes of in al wers.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vi. Prol. 70 Oft by Sibillis sawis he [Virgil] tonis his stevin.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 299 Hethen prophesyes, whiche spake of the comynge of crist, & specyally one of the sybylles.

1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) i. xxiv. f. 20 Lactancius doubteth not to count him [sc. Hermes] among ye Cibiles, and Prophetes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 35 The spirit of deepe Prophecie she hath, Exceeding the nine Sibyls of old Rome.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xi. 250 The Pictures of the sybills are very common, and for their Prophecies of Christ in high esteem with Christians.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 495. ¶10 The Prophecies of the Sybils..made many Years after the Events they pretended to foretell.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliii. 307 Their industry had scooped the Sibyll's cave into a prodigious mine.

1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xvii. 112 The books of the Sibyls were forbidden to be read under pain of capital punishment.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 117 The grand sibyls and prophets, painted in fresco by Michael Angelo.

in extended use.1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vi. Prol. 145 Thou art our Sibill, Cristis modir deir.

2. A prophetess; a fortune-teller, a witch.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female

prophetessc1350

Sibyl1589

vaticinatress1693

spie-woman1744

seeress1766

spaewife1773

spae-woman1828

volva1889

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller > female

Sibyl1589

spie-woman1744

spaewife1773

spaer1820

spae-woman1828

spae-wright1876

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F3^v How now Samela, wilt thou be a Sybil of mishap to thy selfe?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 70 A Sybell..In her prophetique fury, sowed the worke.

1632 T. Heywood Iron Age i. i Thou art no Sibill, but from fury speak'st, Not inspiration; we reguard thee not.

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 44 Handsome! Venus de Medicis was a sibyl to her.

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 Thou wanton sybil, thou amorous woman of Endor.

1811 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 28 Dec. in Lockhart Scott I often heard of her in my early youth, from a sibyl who lived in the park.

1856 G. H. Boker Francesca da Rimini i. i Bah! on your sibyl and her prophecy!

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 135 O Sibyl excellent, enough of adjuration!

3. Ornithology. (See quot. 1829.)

ΚΠ

1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 437 Sibyl Warbler, Sylvia Sperata.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

a1718 T. Parnell Fairy Tale 181 This tale a Sybil-nurse areed.

1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 115 To pow'r like thine no sybil spells pretend.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vii. 59/1 Shouting question after question into the Sibyl-cave of Destiny.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 220 She sibyl-like Instinct with inspiration.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sibyl
释义	Sibyln. /ˈsɪbɪl/ Forms: α. Middle English–1600s sibil (Middle English sibbil), Middle English–1600s sibill (1600s sibell); Middle English, 1600s sibille, Middle English, 1500s sibile (Middle English Scottish sebile), 1500s sibylle; 1600s– sibyl, 1600s–1700s sibyll. β. Middle English sybyl, Middle English sybylle, 1600s sybell, sybyll; Middle English, 1500s– sybil, Middle English–1600s sybill, 1500s–1600s sybille. Etymology: < Old French Sibile, Sebile (French Sibylle ), or < medieval Latin Sibilla , Latin Sibylla , Sibulla , < Greek Σίβυλλα ; the explanation of this as Doric Σιοβόλλα = Attic Θεοβούλη is given by Jerome. In sense 1 now usually written with a capital, in sense 2 with a small letter. 1. One or other of certain women of antiquity who were reputed to possess powers of prophecy and divination.In later times the number of these was usually set down as ten, flourishing at different times and places in Asia, Africa, Greece, and Italy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > sybil Sibylc1374 Sibyllaa1400 Sibyllist1899 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person > female prophetessc1350 Sibylc1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1450 He for sibille his suster sente, That called was Cassandre al aboute. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 383 That Sibille of whom ye wite, That alle men yit clepen sage. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6999 Þe first sibile o pers, Men findes of in al wers. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vi. Prol. 70 Oft by Sibillis sawis he [Virgil] tonis his stevin. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 299 Hethen prophesyes, whiche spake of the comynge of crist, & specyally one of the sybylles. 1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) i. xxiv. f. 20 Lactancius doubteth not to count him [sc. Hermes] among ye Cibiles, and Prophetes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 35 The spirit of deepe Prophecie she hath, Exceeding the nine Sibyls of old Rome. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xi. 250 The Pictures of the sybills are very common, and for their Prophecies of Christ in high esteem with Christians. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 495. ¶10 The Prophecies of the Sybils..made many Years after the Events they pretended to foretell. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliii. 307 Their industry had scooped the Sibyll's cave into a prodigious mine. 1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xvii. 112 The books of the Sibyls were forbidden to be read under pain of capital punishment. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 117 The grand sibyls and prophets, painted in fresco by Michael Angelo. in extended use.1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vi. Prol. 145 Thou art our Sibill, Cristis modir deir. 2. A prophetess; a fortune-teller, a witch. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female prophetessc1350 Sibyl1589 vaticinatress1693 spie-woman1744 seeress1766 spaewife1773 spae-woman1828 volva1889 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller > female Sibyl1589 spie-woman1744 spaewife1773 spaer1820 spae-woman1828 spae-wright1876 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F3^v How now Samela, wilt thou be a Sybil of mishap to thy selfe? a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 70 A Sybell..In her prophetique fury, sowed the worke. View more context for this quotation 1632 T. Heywood Iron Age i. i Thou art no Sibill, but from fury speak'st, Not inspiration; we reguard thee not. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 44 Handsome! Venus de Medicis was a sibyl to her. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 Thou wanton sybil, thou amorous woman of Endor. 1811 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 28 Dec. in Lockhart Scott I often heard of her in my early youth, from a sibyl who lived in the park. 1856 G. H. Boker Francesca da Rimini i. i Bah! on your sibyl and her prophecy! 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 135 O Sibyl excellent, enough of adjuration! 3. Ornithology. (See quot. 1829.) ΚΠ 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 437 Sibyl Warbler, Sylvia Sperata. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ a1718 T. Parnell Fairy Tale 181 This tale a Sybil-nurse areed. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 115 To pow'r like thine no sybil spells pretend. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vii. 59/1 Shouting question after question into the Sibyl-cave of Destiny. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 220 She sibyl-like Instinct with inspiration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1374
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