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English
Proper noun
Sibylla
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sibylla f (genitive Sibyllae); first declension
- The sibyl (any of various ancient Mediterranean prophetesses, but most often the Cumaean Sibyl)
Declension
First-declension noun.
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
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sibylla c (genitive Sibyllas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sibyl