sibilus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”), related to Welsh chwythu (“to play instrument, blow”), Old Irish setim (“to blow”), Polish gwizdać (“to whistle”), Old Church Slavonic свистати (svistati, “to whistle”), Russian свисте́ть (svistétʹ, “to whistle”), Sanskrit क्ष्वेडति (kṣveḍati, “to whisper, hum, buzz”), Hindi सीटी (sītī, “to whistle”), Proto-Germanic *sweglō (“flute”) and Proto-Germanic *sweglōną (“to play flute”) (compare Old High German swegala (“flute”) and Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 (swiglōn, “to play flute”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.bi.lus/, [ˈsiː.bɪ.ɫʊs]
Noun
sībilus m (genitive sībilī); second declension
- a hissing, whistling
- a contemptuous hissing
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sībilus | sībilī |
| Genitive | sībilī | sībilōrum |
| Dative | sībilō | sībilīs |
| Accusative | sībilum | sībilōs |
| Ablative | sībilō | sībilīs |
| Vocative | sībile | sībilī |
Derived terms
- sībilō
References
- sibilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sibilus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sibilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Gamkrelidze, Th. V.; Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter