"sibyl" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).",
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          "text": "I used to read these tales in Homer when I was a lad. Then the Sibyl! I saw her at Cumae with my own eyes hanging in a jar; and when the boys cried to her, ‘Sibyl, what would you?' she'd answer, ‘I would die,'-- both of ‘em speaking Greek.\""
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        "A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl."
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        {
          "word": "Sibyl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sybill"
        }
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        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "word": "sibila"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "proročica",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пророчица"
        },
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sibil·la"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sibylle"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sibylle"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Sívylla",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Σίβυλλα"
        },
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "Síbulla",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Σίβυλλα"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "sibille"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "sibilla"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sibylla"
        },
        {
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vǫlva"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sibila"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sivílla",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сиви́лла"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sibila"
        },
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          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
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          "word": "sibylla"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "word": "völva"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
          "word": "vala"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪ.bəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɪ.bɫ̩]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cybil"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cybill"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Sibyl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Sybil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sibyl"
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɪ.bɫ̩]"
    },
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      "homophone": "Cybil"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cybill"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Sibyl"
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    {
      "homophone": "Sybil"
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    {
      "word": "Sibyl"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "word": "sibila"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proročica",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пророчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sibil·la"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sibylle"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sibylle"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sívylla",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σίβυλλα"
    },
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Síbulla",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σίβυλλα"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sibille"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sibilla"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sibylla"
    },
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      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vǫlva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sibila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sivílla",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сиви́лла"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sibila"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
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      "word": "sibylla"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "word": "völva"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a pagan female oracle",
      "word": "vala"
    }
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  "word": "sibyl"
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