syllaba
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
syllaba (plural syllabas)
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsyl.la.ba/, [ˈs̠ʏlːʲäbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsil.la.ba/, [ˈsilːäbä]
NounEdit
syllaba f (genitive syllabae); first declension
- syllable
- 397 CE – 400 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Cōnfessiōnēs 13.15:
- Vident enim [angelī] faciem tuam semper, et ibi legunt sine syllabīs temporum, quid velit aeterna voluntās tua.
- For they [the messengers/angels] always see your face, and they read there, without syllables of times, what your eternal will wills.
- Vident enim [angelī] faciem tuam semper, et ibi legunt sine syllabīs temporum, quid velit aeterna voluntās tua.
- (figuratively, in the plural) poems, verses
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | syllaba | syllabae |
Genitive | syllabae | syllabārum |
Dative | syllabae | syllabīs |
Accusative | syllabam | syllabās |
Ablative | syllabā | syllabīs |
Vocative | syllaba | syllabae |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “syllaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “syllaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- syllaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lengthen the pronunciation of a syllable or letter: syllabam, litteram producere (opp. corripere) (Quintil. 9. 4. 89)
- this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
- a verbal, petty critic; a caviller: syllabarum auceps
- to lengthen the pronunciation of a syllable or letter: syllabam, litteram producere (opp. corripere) (Quintil. 9. 4. 89)