Sibyna
Asibyna(Ancient Greek:Σιβύνη and Συβίνη and Συβήνη and Σιβύνιον and Ζιβύνη) was a type ofspear[1][2][3][4]used for hunting or warfare (seeboar spears[5]) in ancient times.[6]
A long heavy spear the Illyrians used was described by thepoetEnniusaccording toFestius.[7]Hesychius of Alexandria,(5th century) calls it similar to a spear.Sudalexicon (10th century) calls it a Romanjavelin.
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[edit]- ^Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionarysĭbĭnaor sĭbyna, ae,f., = σιβύνη,a kind of hunting-spear,Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 336 Müll. (Ann. v. 496 Vahl.); Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1, as a transl. of, Isa. 2, 4 (for which the Vulg. has lanceae).
- ^A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed., "...whereas the Illyrian σιβύνη is justly described as avenabulumor hunting-spear (σιβύνιον, Plb. 6.23.9; σιγύνη, Hdt. 5.9; Antip. Sidon. 13; sibina, Enn. Annal. 7.115; sibyna, Festus; sibones, Gel. 10.25). "
- ^Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, sibunh
- ^A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), HASTA
- ^Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898): Sibĭna or Sibyna (σιβύνη). A boar-spear (Athen. ii. 5).
- ^Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archeology by J. W. Mollett,ISBN0-7661-3577-2,2003, page 296, "Sibina, Sibyna, Gr. and R. σιβύνη. A kind of boar spear deployed in hunting."
- ^The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, 1996, page 239.
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