σχενδύλη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σχενδύλα (skhendúla)
Etymology
The formation is similar to κανθύλη (kanthúlē) and κορδύλη (kordúlē). The presence of the variation leads to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skʰen.dy̌ː.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skʰenˈdy.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sçenˈdy.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sçenˈdy.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sçenˈdi.li/
Noun
σχενδῡ́λη • (skhendū́lē) f (genitive σχενδῡ́λης); first declension
- a ship carpenter's and blacksmith's tool, perhaps a pair of tongs
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σχενδῡ́λη; τῆς σχενδῡ́λης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σχενδῡ́λη hē skhendū́lē | τὼ σχενδῡ́λᾱ tṑ skhendū́lā | αἱ σχενδῦλαι hai skhendûlai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σχενδῡ́λης tês skhendū́lēs | τοῖν σχενδῡ́λαιν toîn skhendū́lain | τῶν σχενδῡλῶν tôn skhendūlôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σχενδῡ́λῃ têi skhendū́lēi | τοῖν σχενδῡ́λαιν toîn skhendū́lain | ταῖς σχενδῡ́λαις taîs skhendū́lais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σχενδῡ́λην tḕn skhendū́lēn | τὼ σχενδῡ́λᾱ tṑ skhendū́lā | τᾱ̀ς σχενδῡ́λᾱς tā̀s skhendū́lās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σχενδῡ́λη skhendū́lē | σχενδῡ́λᾱ skhendū́lā | σχενδῦλαι skhendûlai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σχενδυλάω (skhenduláō)
- σχενδύλιον (skhendúlion)
- σχενδυλόληπτοι (skhendulólēptoi)
Further reading
- “σχενδύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σχενδύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN