sibina

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῐβῠ́νη (sibúnē, hunting spear). Ultimatily derived from Illyrian *sibina, related to or from Proto-Albanian *tsupina (modern thupër).

Pronunciation

Noun

sibina f (genitive sibinae); first declension

  1. A kind of spear

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sibina sibinae
genitive sibinae sibinārum
dative sibinae sibinīs
accusative sibinam sibinās
ablative sibinā sibinīs
vocative sibina sibinae

References

  • sibina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sibina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sibina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers