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syl⋅la⋅bus

  [sil-uh-buhs]
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–noun, plural -bus⋅es, -bi  [-bahy] .
1. an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
2. Law.
a. a short summary of the legal basis of a court's decision appearing at the beginning of a reported case.
b. a book containing summaries of the leading cases in a legal field, used esp. by students.
3. (often initial capital letter) Also called Syllabus of Errors. Roman Catholic Church. the list of 80 propositions condemned as erroneous by Pope Pius IX in 1864.
Origin:
1650–60; < NL syllabus, syllabos, prob. a misreading (in mss. of Cicero) of Gk síttybās, acc. pl. of síttyba label for a papyrus roll
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syl·la·bus   (sĭl'ə-bəs)   
n.   pl. syl·la·bus·es or syl·la·bi (-bī')

  1. An outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study.

  2. Law A short statement preceding a report on an adjudged case and containing a summary of the court's rulings on each point involved.


[Medieval Latin, probably alteration (influenced by Greek sullambanein, to put together) of Latin sillybus, parchment label, from Greek sillubos.]
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syllabus 
1656, "table of contents of a series of lectures, etc.," from L.L. syllabus "list," a misreading of Gk. sittybos (pl. of sittyba "parchment label, table of contents," of unknown origin) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" iv.5 and 8. The proper plural would be syllabi,
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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