syllabus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 References

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From Late Latin syllabus (“‘list’”), a misreading of Ancient Greek σιττύβας (sittybas) (accusative plural of σιττύβα (sittyba), “‘parchment label, table of contents’”) of unknown origin) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" iv.5 and 8. This misprint of syttabas as syllabos was later wrongly related to the Greek noun συλλαβή "syllable".^[1]

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syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses)

1. A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.

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• Notes:

1. ^ A Dictionary of True Etymologies