sibilus
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sībĭlus: a, um, adj. 1. sibilus,
I 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.
sībĭlus: 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
I 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.)
I In gen.
(a) 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.—
(b) 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. —
II In partic., a contemptuous hissing, a hissing at or off (usually in plur.).
(a) Sing.: sibilum metuis? Cic. Pis. 27, 65.—
(b) 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) sībĭlus,¹⁴ a, um, sifflant : Virg. G. 3, 421 || pl. n. sībĭla, ōrum, sifflements : Lucr. 5, 1382 ; Ov. M. 3, 38 ; 4, 493 ; 15, 670.
(2) sībĭlus,¹⁵ ī, m., sifflement : Virg. B. 5, 82 ; Liv. 25, 8, 11 || 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 || v. pl. n. sibila à sibilus 1. abl. arch. sibilu Sisenna d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 79.
