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Latin
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
- A kind of spear
Declension
First-declension noun.
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