syllabus

Meaning

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

Synonyms

curriculum

programme

summary

course of study

program

digest

abstract

prospectus

precis

resume

subsumption

synopsis

text

textbook

📖

degree program

main items

comprisal

teaching programme

academic program

study program

abridgement

study programme

abridgment

brief

course

docket

handbook

inclusion

plan

Translations

programme

Lehrplan

ementa

Programm

syllabus

programma

programa

Syllabus

Auszug

programma di studio

Lehrprogramm

programma

currículo

programa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪləbəs/

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 συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “put together”), the source of σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”); the true etymon is σιττύβα (sittúba, “parchment label, table of contents”) [or σιττύβας (sittúbas)] of unknown origin.