syllabus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses)
- (education) A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
- 2019 November 23, A Falun Dafa practitioner in Australia, “Eliminating Attachments While Helping Coordinate a Minghui School”, in Minghui[1]:
- In the first half of the year, teachers attended the training workshop for the new K-10 Chinese syllabus. In July, almost all the teachers attended the teacher training courses provided by OCAC.
- 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 183:
- ‘I checked online for a beginner syllabus,’ she say. ‘A syllabus is a plan for how we would work, what I can teach you.’
- (law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
summary of topics
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References[edit]
- ^ Ad Atticum IV by Cicero
- ^ A Dictionary of True Etymologies
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsyl.la.bus/, [ˈs̠ʏlːʲäbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsil.la.bus/, [ˈsilːäbus]
Noun[edit]
syllabus m (genitive syllabī); second declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- “syllabus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin syllabus, from Ancient Greek σιττύβα (sittúba). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English syllabus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syllabus m inan
- (Roman Catholicism) syllabus (summary of points decided by Roman Catholic papal decree regarding heretical doctrines or practices)
- (education) syllabus (summary of topics)
- Synonym: program nauczania
- Hypernym: informator
Declension[edit]
Declension of syllabus
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | syllabus | syllabusy |
genitive | syllabusa | syllabusów |
dative | syllabusowi | syllabusom |
accusative | syllabus | syllabusy |
instrumental | syllabusem | syllabusami |
locative | syllabusie | syllabusach |
vocative | syllabusie | syllabusy |
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