"συλλαβή" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /syl.la.bɛ̌ː/, /syl.laˈβi/, /si.laˈvi/, /syl.la.bɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /syl.laˈbe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /syl.laˈβi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /syl.laˈvi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /si.laˈvi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “bring together”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|σῠλλᾰβῆς|f|first|head=σῠλλᾰβή}} σῠλλᾰβή • (sŭllăbḗ) f (genitive σῠλλᾰβῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σῠλλᾰβή|ῆς}} Forms: σῠλλᾰβή [canonical], sŭllăbḗ [romanization], σῠλλᾰβῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σῠλλᾰβή [nominative, singular], τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ σῠλλᾰβαί [nominative, plural], τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν σῠλλᾰβῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σῠλλᾰβῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς σῠλλᾰβαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν σῠλλᾰβήν [accusative, singular], τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], σῠλλᾰβή [singular, vocative], σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ [dual, vocative], σῠλλᾰβαί [plural, vocative]
  1. conception, pregnancy
    Sense id: en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-ux4ovfUj
  2. that which holds together, i.e. a girdle
    that which is held together
    Sense id: en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-Pwatf2TK Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 44 43 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 49 46 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 50 47 2
  3. that which holds together, i.e. a girdle
    (grammar) several letters combined, syllable
    Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-lc3HUnMu Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 44 43 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 20 28 38 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 49 46 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 50 47 2 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (music) the chord called the fourth Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-aDhepDLL Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος (olĭgosŭ́llăbos)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "olĭgosŭ́llăbos",
      "word": "ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "συλλαβή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: συλλαβή (syllaví)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: συλλαβή (syllaví)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "syllaba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: syllaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: syllaba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “bring together”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sŭllăbḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ σῠλλᾰβή",
      "roman": "hē sŭllăbḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ sŭllăbā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ σῠλλᾰβαί",
      "roman": "hai sŭllăbaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς",
      "roman": "tês sŭllăbês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn sŭllăbaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σῠλλᾰβῶν",
      "roman": "tôn sŭllăbôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ σῠλλᾰβῇ",
      "roman": "têi sŭllăbêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn sŭllăbaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς σῠλλᾰβαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs sŭllăbaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν σῠλλᾰβήν",
      "roman": "tḕn sŭllăbḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ sŭllăbā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s sŭllăbā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβή",
      "roman": "sŭllăbḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβᾱ́",
      "roman": "sŭllăbā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβαί",
      "roman": "sŭllăbaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῠλλᾰβῆς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "σῠλλᾰβή"
      },
      "expansion": "σῠλλᾰβή • (sŭllăbḗ) f (genitive σῠλλᾰβῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῠλλᾰβή",
        "2": "ῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "conception, pregnancy"
      ],
      "id": "en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-ux4ovfUj",
      "links": [
        [
          "conception",
          "conception"
        ],
        [
          "pregnancy",
          "pregnancy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 44 43 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 49 46 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 47 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which holds together, i.e. a girdle",
        "that which is held together"
      ],
      "id": "en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-Pwatf2TK",
      "links": [
        [
          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "grc:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 44 43 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 28 38 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 49 46 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 47 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which holds together, i.e. a girdle",
        "several letters combined, syllable"
      ],
      "id": "en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-lc3HUnMu",
      "links": [
        [
          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "that which holds together, i.e. a girdle",
        "(grammar) several letters combined, syllable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "grc:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the chord called the fourth"
      ],
      "id": "en-συλλαβή-grc-noun-aDhepDLL",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "chord",
          "chord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) the chord called the fourth"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.la.bɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈβi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.laˈvi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.la.bɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈbe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈβi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈvi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.laˈvi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "συλλαβή"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "olĭgosŭ́llăbos",
      "word": "ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "συλλαβή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: συλλαβή (syllaví)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: συλλαβή (syllaví)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "syllaba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: syllaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: syllaba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “bring together”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sŭllăbḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ σῠλλᾰβή",
      "roman": "hē sŭllăbḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ sŭllăbā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ σῠλλᾰβαί",
      "roman": "hai sŭllăbaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς",
      "roman": "tês sŭllăbês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn sŭllăbaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σῠλλᾰβῶν",
      "roman": "tôn sŭllăbôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ σῠλλᾰβῇ",
      "roman": "têi sŭllăbêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn sŭllăbaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς σῠλλᾰβαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs sŭllăbaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν σῠλλᾰβήν",
      "roman": "tḕn sŭllăbḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ sŭllăbā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s sŭllăbā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβή",
      "roman": "sŭllăbḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβᾱ́",
      "roman": "sŭllăbā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῠλλᾰβαί",
      "roman": "sŭllăbaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῠλλᾰβῆς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "σῠλλᾰβή"
      },
      "expansion": "σῠλλᾰβή • (sŭllăbḗ) f (genitive σῠλλᾰβῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῠλλᾰβή",
        "2": "ῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "conception, pregnancy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conception",
          "conception"
        ],
        [
          "pregnancy",
          "pregnancy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that which holds together, i.e. a girdle",
        "that which is held together"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which holds together, i.e. a girdle",
        "several letters combined, syllable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "that which holds together, i.e. a girdle",
        "(grammar) several letters combined, syllable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the chord called the fourth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "chord",
          "chord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) the chord called the fourth"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.la.bɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈβi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.laˈvi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.la.bɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈbe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈβi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/syl.laˈvi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.laˈvi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "συλλαβή"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.