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|lshtext=<b>Sĭbylla</b>: (in [[many]] MSS. and edd. Sĭbul-la, e. g. Tac. A. 6, 18 Ritter), ae, f.,= [[Σίβυλλα]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[female]] [[soothsayer]], a [[prophetess]], [[Sibyl]], Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 7; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 23; Lact. 2, 8, 48; Verg. A. 5, 735: has (litteras), [[credo]], [[nisi]] [[Sibylla]] legerit, Interpretari [[alium]] [[potesse]] neminem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23: terrae vis Pythiam Delphis incitabat: naturae Sibyllam. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. id. ib. 1, 18, 34.—In Roman [[mythology]], the [[most]] [[celebrated]] is the [[Sibyl]] at [[Cumae]], in the [[service]] of [[Apollo]]; in the [[time]] of Æneas, Ov. M. 14, 104 sq.; 14, 154; 15, 712; Verg. A. 6, 10; 6, 98.—A [[later]] [[Sibyl]] in the [[time]] of [[Tarquinius]] Superbus, whose predictions were deposited in the [[Capitol]], and in [[time]] of [[danger]] were consulted by a [[college]] of priests, appointed for [[that]] [[special]] [[purpose]] (at [[first]] [[duumviri]], [[afterwards]] [[decemviri]] and quindecemviri, v. h. vv.), Lact. 1, 6; Gell. 1, 19, 1 sqq.; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88; Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 43, 97 sq.; id. Rab. Post. 2, 4; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4; Liv. 38, 45; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 445; Isid. Orig. 8, 8.—A [[later]] [[Sibyl]], [[burnt]] by [[Stilicho]], Rutil. Itin. 2, 51; cf. Becker, Antiq. 4, p. 49 sq.—Hence, Sĭ-byllīnus (written SIBVLLIN., Inscr. Orell. 2276, p. 394, and Calend. Praenest. M. Apr. ib. tom. ii. p. 389), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the [[Sibyl]], Sibylline: libri, Varr. l. l.; Gell. l. l.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108; Liv. 5, 13; 7, 27; 22, 9; 29, 10; 36, 37; 41, 21 al. ([[they]] are called [[simply]] libri in Liv. 3, 10; 21, 62; 22, 1; 22, 36; 22, 57; and libri fatales, id. 22, 10): vaticinationes, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 10: [[versus]], id. Div. 1, 2, 4; Hor. C. S. 5: fata, Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9.
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