English

Proper noun

Sibylla

1. A female given name of historical use; the Latin form of Sibyl.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice: Act I, Scene II:

     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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /siˈbyl.la/, [sɪˈbʏl.la]

Noun

Sibylla f ‎(genitive Sibyllae); first declension

1. The sibyl (any of various ancient Mediterranean prophetesses, but most often the Cumaean Sibyl)

Declension

First declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Sibylla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swedish

Proper noun

Sibylla

1. A female given name, cognate to Sibyl.