Sibyllan.

/sɪˈbɪlə/

Forms: Also Middle English sibila, 1500s–1600s sibilla; Middle English sybila, 1500s–1600s sybilla.

Etymology: < Latin Sibylla: see Sibyl n.

= Sibyl n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7031 Þan ras þe thrid sibila, þat man clepis delphica.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 99 Gevand respons onto this Sibilla.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 103 Yf I liue to be as old as Sibilla, I will die as chast as Diana.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sibyllin, prophecying, of a Sybilla, or Sybilla-like.

1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Divinatio The Sibylla whose books gained so great an importance at Rome, was, according to Varro, the Erythraean.

1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Divinatio Prophecies by some Bacis or Sibylla.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sibylla
释义	Sibyllan. /sɪˈbɪlə/ Forms: Also Middle English sibila, 1500s–1600s sibilla; Middle English sybila, 1500s–1600s sybilla. Etymology: < Latin Sibylla: see Sibyl n. = Sibyl n. 1. 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 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7031 Þan ras þe thrid sibila, þat man clepis delphica. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 99 Gevand respons onto this Sibilla. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 103 Yf I liue to be as old as Sibilla, I will die as chast as Diana. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sibyllin, prophecying, of a Sybilla, or Sybilla-like. 1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Divinatio The Sibylla whose books gained so great an importance at Rome, was, according to Varro, the Erythraean. 1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Divinatio Prophecies by some Bacis or Sibylla. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1400
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