- Σίβυλλα
- Σίβυλλα, -ης KGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `Sibylla', name of a prophetess from Asia Minor (Heraclit., Ar., Pl. a.o.; cf. Nilsson Gr. Rel. I2 561 a. 620, v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 34 n. 1).Other forms: (-ιλλα Att. inscr. IVa; Schwyzer 256).Derivatives: σιβύλλ-ειος `sibylline', τὰ -εια `the sibyll. books' (D. H., Plu. a. o.), -ιακός `id.' (D. S.), -ιστής m. `sibylline seer' (Plu. a. o.), -ιάω `to long for the S., to be addicted to oracles' (Ar. Eq. 61), -αίνω `to announce like the S.' (D. S.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Etymology unknown; unfounded hypotheses of Hrozný Geschichte Vorderasiens (1940) 144 (to Accad. sîbu `old'); of Carnoy Ant. class. 24, 23. Cf. also Güntert Götter und Geister 32 n. (non-Greek). -- The word is clearly Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,700
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.