σχίζα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σχίζω (skhízō, “to break, to tear”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skʰí.za/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈskʰi.za/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsçi.za/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsçi.za/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsçi.za/
Noun
σχίζᾰ • (skhíza) f (genitive σχίζης); first declension
- A piece of wood cut off, a lath, a splinter
- A shaft, a dart
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σχῐ́ζᾰ; τῆς σχῐ́ζης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σχῐ́ζᾰ hē skhíza | τὼ σχῐ́ζᾱ tṑ skhízā | αἱ σχῐ́ζαι hai skhízai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σχῐ́ζης tês skhízēs | τοῖν σχῐ́ζαιν toîn skhízain | τῶν σχῐζῶν tôn skhizôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σχῐ́ζῃ têi skhízēi | τοῖν σχῐ́ζαιν toîn skhízain | ταῖς σχῐ́ζαις taîs skhízais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σχῐ́ζᾰν tḕn skhízan | τὼ σχῐ́ζᾱ tṑ skhízā | τᾱ̀ς σχῐ́ζᾱς tā̀s skhízās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σχῐ́ζᾰ skhíza | σχῐ́ζᾱ skhízā | σχῐ́ζαι skhízai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σχιζίον (skhizíon)
Further reading
- “σχίζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σχίζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette