Sibylla

English

Proper noun

Sibylla

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek of historical use; the Latin form of Sibyl.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana

Anagrams

• Baillys, syllabi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siˈbyl.la/, [s̠ɪˈbʏlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈbil.la/, [siˈbilːä]

Proper noun

Sibylla f (genitive Sibyllae); first declension

1. The sibyl (any of various ancient Mediterranean prophetesses, but most often the Cumaean Sibyl)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Sibylla	Sibyllae
genitive	Sibyllae	Sibyllārum
dative	Sibyllae	Sibyllīs
accusative	Sibyllam	Sibyllās
ablative	Sibyllā	Sibyllīs
vocative	Sibylla	Sibyllae

References

• “Sibylla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Sibylla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sibylla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

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Proper noun

Sibylla c (genitive Sibyllas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Sibyl