sullaba

syllăba ( sul- ), ae, f., = sullabê, 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.