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

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰen.dy̌ː.lɛː/ → /sçenˈdy.li/ → /sçenˈdi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰen.dy̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰenˈdy.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçenˈdy.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçenˈdy.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçenˈdi.li/

Noun

σχενδῡ́λη • (skhendū́lē) f (genitive σχενδῡ́λης); first declension

1. 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
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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