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syllăba (sul- ), ae, f., = συλλαβή,
I.a syllable.
I. Lit., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 29: “syllaba brevior aut longior,” Cic. Par. 3, 2, 26: “syllabarum numerus,” id. de Or. 3, 47, 183: “syllaba longa brevi subjecta,” Hor. A. P. 251: “syllaba prima brevis,” Ov. P. 4, 12, 12; Quint. 1, 5, 62; 7, 9, 13; Sen. Ep. 117, 5; 88, 42 et saep.: “jurisconsultus, auceps syllabarum,” a word-catcher, captious critic, caviller, Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236.—*
II. Transf., in plur., verses, poems: “Verona docti syllabas amat vatis (i. e. Catulli),” Mart. 1, 62, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 251
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.3
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.55
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.47
    • Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum, 3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.62
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 9.13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 117.5
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 88.42
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.12
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