syllabus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin syllabus (“list”), which arose as a misprint, its accusative plural syllabos appearing in place of sittybas in a 1470s edition of Cicero's “Ad Atticum” IV.5 and 8.[1] The corrupt form was influenced by the stem of Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “put together”), the source of σῠλλᾰβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”); the true etymon is σιττύβα (sittúba, “parchment label, table of contents”) of unknown origin.[2]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪləbəs/
- Hyphenation: syl‧la‧bus
- Rhymes: -ɪləbəs
Noun
syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses)
Translations
summary of topics
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsyl.la.bus/, [ˈsʏl.la.bʊs]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | syllabus | syllabī |
Genitive | syllabī | syllabōrum |
Dative | syllabō | syllabīs |
Accusative | syllabum | syllabōs |
Ablative | syllabō | syllabīs |
Vocative | syllabe | syllabī |
References
- syllabus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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