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| rdfs:comment | - A sibyna () was a type of spear used for hunting or warfare (see boar spears) in ancient times. A long heavy spear the Illyrians used was described by the poet Ennius according to Festius. Hesychius of Alexandria, (5th century) calls it similar to a spear. Suda lexicon (10th century) calls it a Roman javelin. The word may be Illyrian or Thraco-Phrygian.[citation needed]
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| abstract | - A sibyna () was a type of spear used for hunting or warfare (see boar spears) in ancient times. A long heavy spear the Illyrians used was described by the poet Ennius according to Festius. Hesychius of Alexandria, (5th century) calls it similar to a spear. Suda lexicon (10th century) calls it a Roman javelin. The word may be Illyrian or Thraco-Phrygian.[citation needed]
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