rare. [f. L. syllaba SYLLABLE sb. + -ATION. Cf. F. syllabation and med.L. syllabāre.] = SYLLABIFICATION.
1856. Caldwell, Compar. Grant. Dravidian, 138. The chief peculiarity of Drâvidian syllabation is its extreme simplicity and dislike of compound or concurrent consonants.
1871. Public Sch. Lat. Gram., § 11. 5. The following rules arc observed in Latin Syllabation.