"syllaba" meaning in Latin

See syllaba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsyl.la.ba/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠ʏlːʲäbä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈsil.la.ba/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsilːäbä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|συλλαβή}} Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ) Head templates: {{la-noun|syllaba<1>}} syllaba f (genitive syllabae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|syllaba<1>}} Forms: syllabae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], syllaba [nominative, singular], syllabae [nominative, plural], syllabae [genitive, singular], syllabārum [genitive, plural], syllabae [dative, singular], syllabīs [dative, plural], syllabam [accusative, singular], syllabās [accusative, plural], syllabā [ablative, singular], syllabīs [ablative, plural], syllaba [singular, vocative], syllabae [plural, vocative]
  1. syllable Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-syllaba-la-noun-20j3zrOx Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 62 38
  2. (figuratively, in the plural) poems, verses Tags: declension-1, feminine, figuratively, in-plural Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-syllaba-la-noun-rmimlGio Disambiguation of Linguistics: 40 60 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "síl·laba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: síl·laba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: síl·laba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "syllaba anceps",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: syllaba anceps",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: syllaba anceps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "sillable"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: sillable\n→ Middle English: sillable, syllable\nEnglish: syllable\nFrench: syllabe",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: sillable\n→ Middle English: sillable, syllable\nEnglish: syllable\nFrench: syllabe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "sillaba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: sillaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: sillaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "silbe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: silbe",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "sillabe",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "sillabe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: silbe, sillabe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Silbe"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Silbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Silbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "zilbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: zilbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: zilbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "silba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: silba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: silba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "sillab",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: sillab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: sillab"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "siolla"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: siolla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: siolla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sillaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: sillaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: sillaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "silabă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: silabă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: silabă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "syllaf",
            "3": "sill",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: syllaf, sill",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: syllaf, sill"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "συλλαβή"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllaba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllaba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syllaba<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "syllaba f (genitive syllabae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syllaba<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For they [the messengers/angels] always see your face, and they read there, without syllables of times, what your eternal will wills.",
          "ref": "397 CE – 400 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Cōnfessiōnēs 13.15",
          "text": "Vident enim [angelī] faciem tuam semper, et ibi legunt sine syllabīs temporum, quid velit aeterna voluntās tua."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "syllable"
      ],
      "id": "en-syllaba-la-noun-20j3zrOx",
      "links": [
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "la:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poems, verses"
      ],
      "id": "en-syllaba-la-noun-rmimlGio",
      "links": [
        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, in the plural) poems, verses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsyl.la.ba/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ʏlːʲäbä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsil.la.ba/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsilːäbä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syllaba"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms spelled with Y",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "la:Linguistics"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "síl·laba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: síl·laba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: síl·laba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "syllaba anceps",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: syllaba anceps",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: syllaba anceps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "sillable"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: sillable\n→ Middle English: sillable, syllable\nEnglish: syllable\nFrench: syllabe",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: sillable\n→ Middle English: sillable, syllable\nEnglish: syllable\nFrench: syllabe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "sillaba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: sillaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: sillaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "silbe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: silbe",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "sillabe",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "sillabe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: silbe, sillabe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Silbe"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Silbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Silbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "zilbe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: zilbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: zilbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "silba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: silba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: silba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "sillab",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: sillab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: sillab"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "siolla"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: siolla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: siolla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sillaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: sillaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: sillaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "silabă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: silabă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: silabă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sílaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: sílaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: sílaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "syllaf",
            "3": "sill",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: syllaf, sill",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: syllaf, sill"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "συλλαβή"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllaba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllaba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syllabae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syllaba<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "syllaba f (genitive syllabae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syllaba<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For they [the messengers/angels] always see your face, and they read there, without syllables of times, what your eternal will wills.",
          "ref": "397 CE – 400 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Cōnfessiōnēs 13.15",
          "text": "Vident enim [angelī] faciem tuam semper, et ibi legunt sine syllabīs temporum, quid velit aeterna voluntās tua."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "syllable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poems, verses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, in the plural) poems, verses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsyl.la.ba/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠ʏlːʲäbä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsil.la.ba/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsilːäbä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syllaba"
}

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