Definition of "sibyl" in Anglais

noun

1. A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.

   • 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."