Hybla

Hybla

1. The name of three ancient cities of Sicily.

• Hyblaean

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕβλα (Húbla).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhy.bɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.bla]

Hybla f sg (genitive Hyblae); first declension

1. (Sicel or Siceliot god) A mother goddess of the Earth and fertility, venerated in Sicily by the Sicels, depicted seated on a throne, flanked by a paredra figure (male or female) and two lions; often associated with Demeter or Potnia Theron.
2. The name of three ancient cities of Sicily, named after the goddess.
   • Megara Hyblaea (Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία), Hybla Gereatis (Ὕβλα ἡ Γελεᾶτις), Hybla Heraea (Ὕβλα Ἡραία)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Hyblaeus
• Hyblēnsis
• Hyblōn

• English: Hybla
• Italian: Ibla
• Sicilian: Ibbla

• “Hybla”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Hybla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.