σχιστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχῐ́ζω (skhízō, “to split, cleave”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰis.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰisˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçisˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçisˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçisˈtos/

Adjective

σχῐστός • (skhistós) m (feminine σχῐστή, neuter σχῐστόν); first/second declension

cloven, divided
that may be split or cleft; divisible

Inflection

First and second declension of σχῐστός; σχῐστή; σχῐστόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σχῐστός skhistós	σχῐστή skhistḗ	σχῐστόν skhistón	σχῐστώ skhistṓ	σχῐστᾱ́ skhistā́	σχῐστώ skhistṓ	σχῐστοί skhistoí	σχῐσταί skhistaí	σχῐστᾰ́ skhistá
Genitive	σχῐστοῦ skhistoû	σχῐστῆς skhistês	σχῐστοῦ skhistoû	σχῐστοῖν skhistoîn	σχῐσταῖν skhistaîn	σχῐστοῖν skhistoîn	σχῐστῶν skhistôn	σχῐστῶν skhistôn	σχῐστῶν skhistôn
Dative	σχῐστῷ skhistôi	σχῐστῇ skhistêi	σχῐστῷ skhistôi	σχῐστοῖν skhistoîn	σχῐσταῖν skhistaîn	σχῐστοῖν skhistoîn	σχῐστοῖς skhistoîs	σχῐσταῖς skhistaîs	σχῐστοῖς skhistoîs
Accusative	σχῐστόν skhistón	σχῐστήν skhistḗn	σχῐστόν skhistón	σχῐστώ skhistṓ	σχῐστᾱ́ skhistā́	σχῐστώ skhistṓ	σχῐστούς skhistoús	σχῐστᾱ́ς skhistā́s	σχῐστᾰ́ skhistá
Vocative	σχῐστέ skhisté	σχῐστή skhistḗ	σχῐστόν skhistón	σχῐστώ skhistṓ	σχῐστᾱ́ skhistā́	σχῐστώ skhistṓ	σχῐστοί skhistoí	σχῐσταί skhistaí	σχῐστᾰ́ skhistá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σχῐστῶς skhistôs			σχῐστότερος skhistóteros			σχῐστότᾰτος skhistótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἄσχῐστος (áskhistos)
δύσχῐστος (dúskhistos)
ἔνσχῐστος (énskhistos)
εὔσχῐστος (eúskhistos)
ὁλόσχῐστος (holóskhistos)
πλατύσχῐστος (platúskhistos)
πολύσχῐστος (polúskhistos)
τετράσχῐστος (tetráskhistos)
τρίσχῐστος (trískhistos)

References

“σχιστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σχιστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 140