σχίσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰí.sis/ → /ˈsçi.sis/ → /ˈsçi.sis/

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

Noun

σχῐ́σῐς • (skhísis) f (genitive σχῐ́σεως); third declension

1. cleaving, parting, division
2. difference of opinion
3. vulva

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σχῐ́σῐς; τῆς σχῐ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σχῐ́σῐς hē skhísis	τὼ σχῐ́σει tṑ skhísei	αἱ σχῐ́σεις hai skhíseis
Genitive	τῆς σχῐ́σεως tês skhíseōs	τοῖν σχῐσέοιν toîn skhiséoin	τῶν σχῐ́σεων tôn skhíseōn
Dative	τῇ σχῐ́σει têi skhísei	τοῖν σχῐσέοιν toîn skhiséoin	ταῖς σχῐ́σεσῐ / σχῐ́σεσῐν taîs skhísesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σχῐ́σῐν tḕn skhísin	τὼ σχῐ́σει tṑ skhísei	τᾱ̀ς σχῐ́σεις tā̀s skhíseis
Vocative	σχῐ́σῐ skhísi	σχῐ́σει skhísei	σχῐ́σεις skhíseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: schisis
• → Russian: схи́зис (sxízis)

Further reading

• “σχίσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σχίσις 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • branching idem, page 93.
  • division idem, page 244.
  • fork idem, page 338.
  • parting idem, page 594.