Sibylla

Sibylla

1. A female given name of historical use; the Latin form of Sibyl.
   • c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

     : Act I, Scene II:

     If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana

• syllabi

From Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).

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

Sibylla f (genitive Sibyllae); first declension

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

First declension.

• 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
• Sibylla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Sibylla c (genitive Sibyllas)

1. A female given name, cognate to Sibyl.