sibilus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sweysd- (“to hiss”), related to Welsh chwythu (“to play instrument, blow”), Old Irish setim (“to blow”), Polish gwizdać (“to whistle”), Old Church Slavonic свистати (svistati, “to whistle”), Russian свисте́ть (svistétʹ, “to whistle”), Sanskrit क्ष्वेडति (kṣveḍati, “to whisper, hum, buzz”), Hindi सीटी (sīṭī, “to whistle”), Proto-Germanic *sweglō (“flute”) and Proto-Germanic *sweglōną (“to play flute”) (compare Old High German swegala (“flute”) and Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 (swiglōn, “to play flute”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsiː.bi.lus/, [ˈs̠iːbɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.bi.lus/, [ˈsiːbilus]
Noun
sībilus m (genitive sībilī); second declension
- a hissing, whistling
- a contemptuous hissing
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sībilus | sībilī |
| Genitive | sībilī | sībilōrum |
| Dative | sībilō | sībilīs |
| Accusative | sībilum | sībilōs |
| Ablative | sībilō | sībilīs |
| Vocative | sībile | sībilī |
Derived terms
References
- “sibilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sibilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sibilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter