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συλλαβή

συλλαβή, that which holds together

συλλᾰβ-ή, ἡ, (συλλαμβάνω IV)
  • 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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