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Sibyllae

Sibyllae is a Latin form of Sibylla, meaning “prophetess, sibyl”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 37 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.5: … n sacra et in auspicia divisa sit, tertium adiunctum sit si quid praedictionis causa ex portentis et monstris Sibyllae interpretes haruspicesve monuerunt, harum ego religionum nullam umquam contemnendam putavi mihique ita persua …

Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.8: … rei nouae inter rudes artium homines, uenerabilior diuinitate credita Carmentae matris, quam fatiloquam ante sibyllae in Italiam aduentum miratae eae gentes fuerant.

All forms of Sibylla (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.