sibus

See also: -sibus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”). Cognate with Latin sapiō (“I am wise”), Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós), Old English sefa (“mind, spirit, mood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bus/, [ˈs̠ɪbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bus/, [ˈsiːbus]

Adjective

sibus (feminine siba, neuter sibum); first/second-declension adjective

1. acute, crafty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sibus	siba	sibum		sibī	sibae	siba
Genitive	sibī	sibae	sibī		sibōrum	sibārum	sibōrum
Dative	sibō		sibō		sibīs
Accusative	sibum	sibam	sibum		sibōs	sibās	siba
Ablative	sibō	sibā	sibō		sibīs
Vocative	sibe	siba	sibum		sibī	sibae	siba

Derived terms

• persibus

References

• “sibus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sibus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.