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|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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