Definitions for sibyl
ˈsɪb əlsibyl

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sibylnoun

   a woman who tells fortunes

2. sibylnoun

   (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sibylnoun

   A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.

2. Sibylnoun

   A female given name from Ancient Greek.

3. Sibylnoun

   Alternative letter-case form of sibyl

4. Etymology: Sibylla, Σίβυλλα, name of ancient Greek prophetesses.

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1. Sibyl

   The sibyls (αἱ Σῐ́βυλλαι, singular Σῐ́βυλλᾰ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by Pausanias when he described local traditions in his writings from the second century AD. At first, there appears to have been only a single sibyl. By the fourth century BC, there appear to have been at least three more, Phrygian, Erythraean, and Hellespontine. By the first century BC, there were at least ten sibyls, located in Greece, Italy, the Levant, and Asia Minor.

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1. sibyl

   A sibyl is a woman in ancient times who was believed to have the power of prophecy or divination, typically associated with a particular holy site in classical antiquity. She was reputed to be able to predict the future, guided by spiritual or divine revelations. The term can also refer more generally to a wise or prophetic woman.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sibylnoun

   a woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy

2. Sibylnoun

   a female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess

3. Etymology: [L. sibylla, Gr. .]

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1. Sibyl

   The word Sibyl comes from the Greek word σίβυλλα sibylla, meaning prophetess. The earliest oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, "who admittedly are known only through legend" prophesied at certain holy sites, under the divine influence of a deity, originally— at Delphi and Pessinos— one of the chthonic deities. Later in antiquity, sibyls wandered from place to place.

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1. Sibyl

   sib′il, n. in ancient mythology, one of certain women possessing powers of divination and prophecy: a prophetess, an old sorceress.—adjs. Sibyl′lic, Sib′ylline, pertaining to, uttered, or written by sibyls: prophetical.—n. Sib′yllist, a believer in the so-called sibylline prophecies.—Sibylline Oracles, a series of pretended prophecies in Greek hexameters, written by Alexandrian Jews and Christians, and supposed to date from the 2d century B.C. down to the 3d century A.D., or, according to Ewald, even the 6th. [L.,—Gr. sibylla, not 'she who reveals the will of Zeus,' Dios boulē. The root is sib-, as in L. per-sibus, acute, Gr. sophos, wise.]

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1. Sibyl

   name given to a woman, or rather to a number of women, much fabled of in antiquity, regarded by Ruskin as representing the voice of God in nature, and, as such, endowed with visionary prophetic power, or what in the Highlands of Scotland is called "second-sight"; the most famous of the class being the Sibyl of Cumæ, who offered King Tarquin of Rome nine books for sale, which he refused on account of the exorbitant sum asked for them, and again refused after she had burnt three of them, and in the end paid what was originally asked for the three remaining, which he found to contain oracular utterances bearing on the worship of the gods and the policy of Rome. These, after being entrusted to keepers, were afterwards burned, and the contents replaced by a commission appointed to collect them in the countries around, to share the same fate as the original collection. The name is applied in mediæval times to figures representative of the prophets who foretold the coming of Christ; the prophets so represented were reckoned sometimes 10, sometimes 12 in number; they are, says Fairholt, "of tall stature, full of vigour and moral energy; the costume rich but conventional, ornamented with pearls and precious stones."

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Anagrams for sibyl »

1. Sybil

How to pronounce sibyl?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sibyl in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sibyl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sibyl
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sibyl
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sibyl
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sibyl
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sibyl
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Sibyl