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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σίπυλος (Sípulos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sipylus m sg (genitive Sipylī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) One of the sons of Niobe
- A mountain of Lydia situated between the course of the Hermus and the city of Smyrna
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Sipylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sipylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Sipylus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly