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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sībĭlus</b>: a, um, adj. 1. [[sibilus]],<br /><b>I</b> hissing, whistling ([[poet]].; occurring, on [[account]] of the [[metre]], [[only]] in the form sibila; cf. 1. [[sibilus]] init.): colla (colubrae), Verg. G. 3, 421; id. A. 5, 277; cf. ora (anguium), id. ib. 2, 211: [[coma]] torvae frontis (Panis), Val. Fl. 3, 50.<br /><b>sībĭlus</b>: i (collat. form, abl., sibilu, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—In plur. in the poets, prob. [[merely]] for the [[sake]] of the [[metre]]: sībĭla, ōrum; cf. 2. [[sibilus]]<br /><b>I</b> init.; [[but]] in Cic. sibili), m. cf. [[σιφνός]], σιβλός, [[hollow]]; Angl. S. and Engl. sipan, [[sip]]; O. H. Germ. [[sip]], Germ. Sieb, a [[sieve]]; regarded by the ancients as [[imitation]] of a [[natural]] [[sound]]; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 31; Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42, a hissing, a whistling ([[class]].)<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing., of men: [[sibilo]] [[dare]] [[signum]], Liv. 25, 8 fin.—Of [[cattle]]: (boves) [[sibilo]] allectari, Col. 2, 3, 2.—Of things: [[clamor]] tonitruum et rudentum [[sibilus]], Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1: ([[arbor]]) Loquente [[saepe]] sibilum edidit [[coma]], Cat. 4, 12: venientis [[sibilus]] austri, Verg. E. 5, 82: sibilu significare alicui, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur., of [[wind]] instruments: calamorum sibila, Lucr. 5, 1382; cf. pastoria, Ov. M. 13, 785; Stat. Th. 6, 338.—Of snakes, etc.: [[serpens]] horrenda sibila misit, Ov. M. 3, 38: sibila dant, id. ib. 4, 493: mittere, id. ib. 15, 670; 15, 684: sibila torsit draco, Val. Fl. 7, 726: angues stridula fuderunt vibratis sibila linguis, Luc. 9, 631: sibila effundere, id. 9, 724: vibrare, Sil. 3, 185; Corn. Sev. and [[Macer]] ap. [[Charis]]. p. 61 P.—Of a [[flying]] [[missile]]: stridentis sibila teli, Sil. 9, 247; Val. Fl. 6, 201. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., a [[contemptuous]] hissing, a hissing at or [[off]] ([[usually]] in plur.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: sibilum metuis? Cic. Pis. 27, 65.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: e scaenā sibilis explodi, Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30: aliquem sibilis consectari, id. Att. 2, 18, 1: crebris totius contionis sibilis [[vexatus]], Val. Max. 7, 3, 6 ext.; Cic. Sest. 59, 126; cf.: gladiatorii sibili, id. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 61 P.: quā [[dominus]], quā advocati sibilis conscissi, id. Att. 2, 19, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>sībĭlus</b>,¹⁴ a, um, sifflant : Virg. G. 3, 421 &#124;&#124; pl. n. <b>sībĭla</b>, ōrum, sifflements : Lucr. 5, 1382 ; Ov. M. 3, 38 ; 4, 493 ; 15, 670.<br />(2) <b>sībĭlus</b>,¹⁵ ī, m., sifflement : Virg. B. 5, 82 ; Liv. 25, 8, 11 &#124;&#124; sifflets, huées : sibilum metuere Cic. Pis. 65, craindre les sifflets ; sibilis explodi Cic. Com. 30, être chassé par des sifflets, cf. Cic. Sest. 126 ; Att. 2, 19, 3 &#124;&#124; v. pl. n. [[sibila]] à [[sibilus]] 1. abl. arch. sibilu [[Sisenna]] d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 79.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) sībilus<sup>1</sup>, a, um, zischend, pfeifend, colla (der [[Schlange]]), Verg.: so [[auch]] [[ora]], Verg.: [[coma]] torvae frontis, [[des]] [[Pan]], Val. Flacc.<br />'''(2)''' sībilus<sup>2</sup>, ī, m. (Plur. sibili u. [[bei]] Dicht. [[sibila]]), (gotisch swiglōn, [[pfeifen]], ahd. sweglōn, die [[Flöte]]), das Zischen, Säuseln, [[Sausen]], Pfeifen, [[sibila]] stridentis teli, Sil.: calamorum, Lucr.: austri, Verg.: aurae [[tenuis]] (Nom.), Lact.: rudentum, Pacuv. tr. fr. u. Cael. in Cic. ep.: der Hirtenflöte, Ov.: der [[Schlange]], serpentum [[sibilus]], Prob.: [[sibila]] dare, Ov., od. torquere, Val. Flacc.: [[sibilum]] edere (v. Lebl.), Cels. – v. leb. [[Wesen]], das Zischen (Pfeifen), [[sibilo]] [[signum]] dare, Liv.: [[sibilo]] allectari (v. Rindern), Colum.: [[quotiens]] retentum [[spiritum]] remiserunt, sibilos ([[audio]]) et acerbissimas respirationes, Sen. – [[bes]]. das mißbilligende, verspottende Zischen (Pfeifen), das Auszischen (Auspfeifen), Ggstz. [[plausus]], Sen. ep. 102, 9: [[sibilum]] metuis? Cic.: sibili vulgi, Cic.: [[intactus]] ab [[sibilo]], Cael. in Cic. ep.: sibilis conscindi, Cic.: sibilis alqm explodere, Cic. (u. so per sibilos explodi, Amm.). – / Archaist. Abl. sibilu, Sisenn. hist. 12. fr. 131 ([[bei]] Prisc. 6, 79). – Nbf. [[sibilum]], Gloss. III, 84, 28. – Nbf. [[sifilum]], Prisc. 1, 46; vgl. [[Löwe]] Prodr. p. 422.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=sibilus sibila, sibilum ADJ :: hissing<br />sibilus sibilus sibili N M :: hissing, whistling; hiss of contempt or disfavor
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