| 释义 |
parisyllabic, a. and n. Gram.|ˌpærɪsɪˈlæbɪk|
[f. L. par, pari- equal + syllaba (a. Gr. συλλαβή) syllable + -ic: cf. syllabic.]
A. adj. Of Greek and Latin nouns: Having the same number of syllables in the nominative as in the oblique cases of the singular.
1656Blount Glossogr. s.v. Parisyllabical, We say in Grammar, the first declension of Nouns is Parisyllabique, because all the cases of such Nouns in the singular number especially have even syllables, as Gemma, gemmæ, gemmæ, gemmam, gemma, gemma, etc. 1775in Ash. 1876Kennedy Pub. Sch. Lat. Gram. (ed. 4) 104 I-nouns come under four chief Heads: (A) Parisyllabic I-nouns with Nom. Sing. ĭ-s..(B) Parisyllabic I-nouns in ē-s (ĭ-s).
B. n. A parisyllabic noun.
1893Athenæum 5 Aug. 189/2 The classification..cannot be commended. The distinction of parisyllabics and imparisyllabics is barely indicated. |