Σίβυλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Doric Greek Σίοβολλα (Síobolla), akin to Attic Θεοβούλη (Theoboúlē, “divine will”), derived from θεός (theós, “god”) + βουλή (boulḗ, “volition, will”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.byl.la/ → /ˈsi.βyl.la/ → /ˈsi.vi.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.byl.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.byl.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.βyl.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.vyl.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.vi.la/

Proper noun

Σῐ́βυλλᾰ • (Síbulla) f (genitive Σιβύλλης); first declension

1. Sibyl

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σῐ́βυλλᾰ; τῆς Σῐβύλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Σῐ́βυλλᾰ hē Síbulla	τὼ Σῐβύλλᾱ tṑ Sibúllā	αἱ Σῐ́βυλλαι hai Síbullai
Genitive	τῆς Σῐβύλλης tês Sibúllēs	τοῖν Σῐβύλλαιν toîn Sibúllain	τῶν Σῐβυλλῶν tôn Sibullôn
Dative	τῇ Σῐβύλλῃ têi Sibúllēi	τοῖν Σῐβύλλαιν toîn Sibúllain	ταῖς Σῐβύλλαις taîs Sibúllais
Accusative	τὴν Σῐ́βυλλᾰν tḕn Síbullan	τὼ Σῐβύλλᾱ tṑ Sibúllā	τᾱ̀ς Σῐβύλλᾱς tā̀s Sibúllās
Vocative	Σῐ́βυλλᾰ Síbulla	Σῐβύλλᾱ Sibúllā	Σῐ́βυλλαι Síbullai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σῐβυλλαίνω (Sibullaínō)
• Σῐβύλλειος (Sibúlleios)
• Σῐβυλλῐᾰ́ω (Sibulliáō)
• Σῐβυλλῐστής (Sibullistḗs)

Descendants

• English: Sibyl
• Greek: Σίβυλλα (Sívylla)
• Latin: Sibylla

References

• “Σίβυλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Σίβυλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sibyl”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.