sibillino

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sibyllīnus, derived from Sibylla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.bilˈli.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: si‧bil‧lì‧no

Adjective

sibillino (feminine sibillina, masculine plural sibillini, feminine plural sibilline)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) sibylline (of or pertaining to a sibyl)
    • 1598, Niccolò Liburnio, transl., De' monti‎, Florence: Filippo Giunti, translation of De Montibus by Giovanni Boccaccio, page 107:
      Averno è lago in Campagna nel golfo di Baia, dai versi de' poeti celebratissimo. Nelli margini di questo le pareti per vecchiaia mezze consumate dimostrano ancora l'opera magnifica dell'oracolo Sibillino
      Avernus is a lake in Campania, in the Gulf of Baia, widely praised by the verses of poets. Along its edges, the walls, half-consumed by age, still show the magnificent work of the sibylline oracle
    • 1776, André de Claustre, Dizionario mitologico, tomo primo, page 143:
      Quando Giulio Cesare si fu impossessato della autorità sovrana sotto il titolo di Dittatore perpetuo, cercando i suoi parziali un pretesto per fargli dare il titolo di Re, sparsero nel pubblico un nuovo Oracolo Sibillino, secondo il quale i Parti non potevano essere soggiogati, se non che da un Re de' Romani.
      When Caesar obtained supreme authority with the title of Dictator for life, his supporters, looking for a pretext to have him receive the title of King, spread news to the public of a new sibylline oracle, according to which the Parthians couldn't have been subjugated, except by a King of the Romans.
  2. (figurative) enigmatic, sibylline
    Synonyms: ambiguo, enigmatico

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sibillino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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