sibylline in German
sibylline in German is sibyllinisch — sibylline means of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
sibylline in German
sibyllinisch
One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
What does "sibylline" mean?
- adj Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- adj Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- adj Occult, mysterious.
- adj Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
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What is "sibylline" in German?
"sibylline" in German is sibyllinisch. sibylline means: Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
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