different between epitome vs syllabus

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin epitom?, from Ancient Greek ??????? (epitom?, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ???????? (epitémn?, “I cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ??? (epí) + ????? (témn?, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??p?t.?.mi/, /??p?t.?.mi/

Noun

epitome (plural epitomes or epitomai)

1. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

   Synonyms: exemplar, model, type; see also Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model
2. A representative example.

   Synonyms: quintessential, poster child; see also Thesaurus:exemplar
3. The height; the best.

   Synonyms: acme, greatest

4. A brief summary of a text.

   Synonyms: abstract, synopsis

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

The sense “the height, the best” is considered incorrect by some; instead, pinnacle may be preferred.

Antonyms

• antithesis

Derived terms

Related terms

• epitomator
• epitomist
• epitomizer

Translations

Further reading

• epitome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• epitome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• epitome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Noun

epitome f (plural epitomi)

1. epitome

Latin

Alternative forms

• epitoma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (epitom?), from ???????? (epitémn?), from ??? (epí) + ????? (témn?, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?pi.to.me?/, [??p?t??me?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?pi.to.me/, [??pi?t??m?]

Noun

epitom? f (genitive epitom?s); first declension

1. epitome, abridgement, synopsis

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

• Catalan: epítom
• English: epitome
• Galician: epítome
• Portuguese: epítome
• Spanish: epítome

References

• epitome in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epitome in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epitome in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• epitome in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epitome in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

epitome

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of epitomar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of epitomar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of epitomar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of epitomar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin syllabus (“list”), which arose as a misprint, its accusative plural syllabos appearing in place of sittybas in a 1470s edition of Cicero's “Ad Atticum” IV.5 and 8. The corrupt form was influenced by the stem of Ancient Greek ?????????? (sullambán?, “put together”), the source of ??????? (sullab?, “syllable”); the true etymon is ??????? (sittúba, “parchment label, table of contents”) of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?l?b?s/
• Hyphenation: syl?la?bus
• Rhymes: -?l?b?s

Noun

syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses)

1. (education) A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
2. (law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.

Related terms

• syllable

Translations

References

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?syl.la.bus/, [?s??l??äb?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sil.la.bus/, [?sil??bus]

Noun

syllabus m (genitive syllab?); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) list, register, syllabus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• syllabus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press