syllabus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin syllabus (“list”), which arose from accusative plural syllabōs appearing as a corruption of sittybās (accusative plural of sittyba, from Ancient Greek σιττύβα (sittúba, “parchment label; table of contents”)) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's “Ad Atticum” IV.5 and 8, influenced by the stem of Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to put together”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪləbəs/ Hyphenation: syl‧la‧bus Rhymes: -ɪləbəs === Noun === syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses) (education) A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture. (law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. ==== Related terms ==== syllable syllabary ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From accusative plural syllabōs appearing as a corruption of sittybās (accusative plural of sittyba, from Ancient Greek σιττύβα (sittúba, “parchment label; table of contents”)) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's “Ad Atticum” IV.5 and 8, influenced by the stem of Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “to put together”). Doublet of sittybus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsyl.la.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsil.la.bus] === Noun === syllabus m (genitive syllabī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin) list; register; syllabus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “syllabus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Polish == === Alternative forms === sylabus === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin syllabus, from Ancient Greek σιττύβα (sittúba). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English syllabus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɘlˈla.bus/ Rhymes: -abus Syllabification: syl‧la‧bus === Noun === 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 ==== === Further reading === “syllabus”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “syllabus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English syllabus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsilabus/ [ˈsi.la.β̞us] Rhymes: -ilabus Syllabification: sy‧lla‧bus === Noun === syllabus m (plural syllabus) (Latin America) syllabus Synonym: temario ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “syllabus”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010