σχίζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχίζω (skhízō, “to break, to tear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰíz.da/ → /ˈsçi.za/ → /ˈsçi.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰíz.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰi.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.za/

Noun

σχίζᾰ • (skhíza) f (genitive σχίζης); first declension

1. A piece of wood cut off, a lath, a splinter
2. A shaft, a dart

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σχῐ́ζᾰ; τῆς σχῐ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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