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|lshtext=<b>syllăba</b>: (sul-), ae, f., = [[συλλαβή]],><br /><b>I</b> a [[syllable]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—*<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in plur., verses, poems: [[Verona]] docti syllabas amat vatis (i. e. Catulli), Mart. 1, 62, 1.
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