Associations to the word «Sibylline»
Noun
- Oracle
- Prophecy
- Coleridge
- Enoch
- Apollo
- Prodigy
- Hannibal
- Rome
- Consultation
- Cult
- Augustus
- Pseudo
- Apocalypse
- Ezra
- Virgil
- Romans
- Bce
- Cornelius
- Priesthood
- Nero
- Roman
- Book
- Verse
- Prophet
- Mater
- Deity
- Bc
- Greek
- Prediction
- Venus
- Revelation
- Judaism
- Mythology
- Senate
- Sacrifice
- Temple
- Antiquity
- Poem
- Worship
- Rite
- Collection
- Fragment
- Goddess
- Religion
- Leave
- Advice
- Inspiration
- Christian
- Greece
- Text
- Manuscript
- Tradition
- Introduction
- Jews
- God
- Italy
- Ceremony
- Golden
- Fourth
- Comic
- Emperor
- Edition
- Charge
- Encyclopedia
- Century
- Arrival
- Mention
- Writing
- Origin
Adjective
Wiktionary
SIBYLLINE, adjective. Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
SIBYLLINE, adjective. (by extension) Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
SIBYLLINE, adjective. Mysterious
Dictionary definition
SIBYLLINE, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions".
SIBYLLINE, adjective. Having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.