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συλλαβή

syllabe

conception, pregnancy

Appears 53 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

συλλαβή, ἡ, (συλλαμβάνω IV) A. conception, pregnancy, only in Men. 1085. 2. grip, hold, in wrestling, metaph., Simp. in Cael. 354.5; so perh. mental grasp, participation, Phld. Mus.p.103 K. (pl.). II. Act., that which holds together, συλλαβαὶ πέπλων, i.e. a girdle, A. Supp. 457. 2. Pass., that which is held together, esp. of several letters taken together so as to form one sound, syllable, βοᾷ . . γραμμάτων ἐν συλλαβαῖς Id. Th. 468; ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα (sic codd.) συλλαβάς τε θείς E. Fr. 578.2, cf. Pl. Tht. 202b, Gal. 15.6, etc.; γράψαντος τὰς αὐτὰς σ. ἅσπερ Κτησιφῶν νῦν γέγραφε verbatim et literatim, D. 18.83; σ. βραχεῖα καὶ μακρά Arist. Cat. 4b33, cf. Zeno Stoic. 1.70, Phld. Po. 2.15, etc. 3. συλλαβαί,= Lat. literae, a letter, Cod.Just. 1.1.7 Prooem., Men.Prot.p.41 D., Sammelb. 7438.5 (vi A.D.). 4. pl., letters of the alphabet, Luc. Jud.Voc. 2,8. 5. pl.,= apices, Gloss. III. in Music, the perfect fourth, Philol. 6, PTeb. 694.25 (iii B.C.), Nicom. Harm. 9, Aristid.Quint. 1.8. IV. Arith., sum of two or more numbers, Theol.Ar. 54.
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