sibina

Latin

Alternative forms

• sibyna
• subina

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῐβῠ́νη (sibúnē, “hunting spear”). Ultimatily derived from Illyrian *sibina, related to or from Proto-Albanian *tsupina (modern thupër).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bi.na/, [ˈs̠ɪbɪnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bi.na/, [ˈsiːbinä]

Noun

sibina f (genitive sibinae); first declension

1. A kind of spear

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sibina	sibinae
genitive	sibinae	sibinārum
dative	sibinae	sibinīs
accusative	sibinam	sibinās
ablative	sibinā	sibinīs
vocative	sibina	sibinae

References

• “sibina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sibina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sibina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers