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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sí.byl.la/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsi.byl.la/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.βyl.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.vyl.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.vi.la/
Proper noun
Σῐ́βυλλᾰ • (Síbulla) f (genitive Σιβύλλης); first declension
- Sibyl
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σῐ́βυλλᾰ; τῆς Σῐβύλλης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
- Σίβυλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “sibyl”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.