disyllabus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dĭsyllăbus, a, um, adj., = δισύλλαβος,

dissyllabic , Lucil. ap. Non. 26, 7; Quint. 1, 5, 31; Ter. Maur. p. 2431 P.— Plur. as subst.: dĭsyllăbae , ārum (sc. voces), f., dissyllabic words , dissyllables , Mart. Cap. 3, § 269; also, dĭsyllăba , ōrum (sc. verba), n., the same, id. 5, § 521 al.