A sibyna () was a type of spearCharlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary sĭbĭna or 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 a venabulum or 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, sibunhA Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), HASTA used for hunting or warfare (see boar spearsHarry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898): Sibĭna or Sibyna (σιβύνη). A boar-spear (Athen. ii. 5).) in ancient times.Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archeology by J. W. Mollett, , 2003, page 296, "Sibina, Sibyna, Gr. and R. σιβύνη. A kind of boar spear deployed in hunting."
A long heavy spear the Illyrians used was described by the poet Ennius according to Festius.The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, 1996, page 239. Hesychius of Alexandria, (5th century) calls it similar to a spear. Suda lexicon (10th century) calls it a Roman javelin.
See also Illyrian weaponry
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