συλλᾰβ-ή,ἡ, (συλλαμβάνωIV)
A. conception, pregnancy, only in Men. 1085 .
2. grip, hold, in wrestling, metaph., Simp. in Cael. 354.5 ; so perh. mentalgrasp, 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. ofseveral letters taken togetherso 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,