Interlingua

Noun

syllaba ‎(plural syllabas)

1. syllable

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συλλαβή ‎(sullabḗ), from σύν ‎(sún, “with, together”) + λαμβάνω ‎(lambánō, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsyl.la.ba/, [ˈsʏl.la.ba]

Noun

syllaba f ‎(genitive syllabae); first declension

1. syllable
2. (figuratively, in the plural) poems, verses

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Asturian: sílaba
• English: syllaba anceps, syllable
• German: Silbe
• Portuguese: sílaba
• Spanish: sílaba

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “syllaba”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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