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sibyl

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sib·yl  (sbl)
n.
1. One of a number of women regarded as oracles or prophets by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
2. A woman prophet.

[Middle English sibile, from Old French, from Latin Sibylla, from Greek Sibulla.]

sibyl [ˈsɪbɪl]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld
2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress
[ultimately from Greek Sibulla, of obscure origin]
sibylline  [ˈsɪbɪˌlaɪn sɪˈbɪlaɪn], sibyllic, sibylic [sɪˈbɪlɪk] adj

sibyl
Ancient Greece and Rome. a woman with oracular or prophetic powers, the most celebrated being that of Cumae. — sibyllic, — sibylic, sibylline, adj.
See also: Divination
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sibyl - a woman who tells fortunes
fortune teller, fortuneteller - a person who foretells your personal future
2.sibyl - (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
oracle, prophesier, prophet, vaticinator, seer - an authoritative person who divines the future
antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
Translations
Sibyl [ˈsɪbɪl] NSibila
sibyl [ˈsɪbɪl] Nsibila f
sibyl
n (lit)Sibylle f; (fig)Prophetin f, → Weissagerin f
sibyl [ˈsɪbɪl] nsibilla


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Let her appear, and speak for herself--the wild and weird grandmother of gentle little Mary; the Sibyl of modern times, known, far and wide, in our part of Suffolk, as Dame Dermody.
Hither she had been led by two of her disguised ravishers, and on being thrust into the little cell, she found herself in the presence of an old sibyl, who kept murmuring to herself a Saxon rhyme, as if to beat time to the revolving dance which her spindle was performing upon the floor.
It was like the golden branch that gained AEneas and the Sibyl admittance into Hades.
 
 
 
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