sibyl

== English == === Alternative forms === Sibyl, Sybill === Etymology === From Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.bəl/, [ˈsɪ.bɫ̩] Homophones: Cybil, Cybill, Sibyl, Sybil === Noun === sibyl (plural sibyls) A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl. 1922 T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland: Epigraph (translated from 61 Petronius' The Satyricon: Chapter 8, Lines 80 -86) I used to read these tales in Homer when I was a lad. Then the Sibyl! I saw her at Cumae with my own eyes hanging in a jar; and when the boys cried to her, ‘Sibyl, what would you?' she'd answer, ‘I would die,'-- both of ‘em speaking Greek." ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Sybil