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)

  1. (education) A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
  2. (law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.

Translations

References
  1. Ad Atticum IV by Cicero
  2. A Dictionary of True Etymologies

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsyl.la.bus/, [ˈsʏl.la.bʊs]

Noun

syllabus m (genitive syllabī); second declension

  1. list, register, syllabus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative syllabus syllabī
Genitive syllabī syllabōrum
Dative syllabō syllabīs
Accusative syllabum syllabōs
Ablative syllabō syllabīs
Vocative syllabe syllabī

References
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