Sibyl, sib′il, n. in ancient mythology, one of certain women possessing powers of divination and prophecy: a prophetess, an old sorceress.—adjs. Sibyl′lic, Sib′ylline, pertaining to, uttered, or written by sibyls: prophetical.—n. Sib′yllist, a believer in the so-called sibylline prophecies.—Sibylline Oracles, a series of pretended prophecies in Greek hexameters, written by Alexandrian Jews and Christians, and supposed to date from the 2d century B.C. down to the 3d century A.D., or, according to Ewald, even the 6th. [L.,—Gr. sibylla, not 'she who reveals the will of Zeus,' Dios boulē. The root is sib-, as in L. per-sibus, acute, Gr. sophos, wise.]
Sic, sik, adv. so, thus—printed within brackets in quoted matter to show that the original is being correctly reproduced, even though incorrect or wrong.—Sic passim, so throughout.
Sic, sik, Siccan, sik′an, adj. Scotch forms of such.—adj. Sic′-like, for such-like, of the same kind.
Sicambrian, si-kam′bri-an, n. one of a powerful ancient German tribe.
Sicanian, si-kā′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the Sicanians, an aboriginal pre-Aryan race in Sicily.
Sicca, sik′a, adj. newly coined. [Hind.]
Siccate, sik′āt, v.t. to dry.—n. Siccā′tion.—adj. Sicc′ative, drying: causing to dry.—n. Siccity (sik′si-ti), dryness. [L. siccāre, -ātum—siccus, dry.]
Sice, sīs, n. the number six at dice.
Sice, Syce, sīs, n. a groom, a mounted attendant.—Also Saice. [Hind, sāis—Ar. sāis.]
Siceliot, si-sel′i-ot, adj. pertaining to the Siceliots, the colonies of immigrant Greeks in Sicily, who gradually became assimilated with the native Siculi—also Sikel′iot.—n. a Greek settler in Sicily: a Siculian.