σχολή

See also: σχόλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́ (“holding back”), from Proto-Indo-European *sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold”). Synchronically analyzed as a formation from the aorist stem σχ- (skh-) of ἔχω (ékhō, “I hold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰo.lɛ̌ː/ → /sxoˈli/ → /sxoˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰoˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sxoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sxoˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sxoˈli/

Noun

σχολή • (skholḗ) f (genitive σχολῆς); first declension

1. leisure, free time
2. rest
3. that in which leisure time is spent, especially lecture, disputation, discussion
4. philosophy
5. place where lectures were given, school, lecture hall
6. (in the plural) the Praetorian guard (see Latin scholae)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σχολή; τῆς σχολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σχολή hē skholḗ	τὼ σχολᾱ́ tṑ skholā́	αἱ σχολαί hai skholaí
Genitive	τῆς σχολῆς tês skholês	τοῖν σχολαῖν toîn skholaîn	τῶν σχολῶν tôn skholôn
Dative	τῇ σχολῇ têi skholêi	τοῖν σχολαῖν toîn skholaîn	ταῖς σχολαῖς taîs skholaîs
Accusative	τὴν σχολήν tḕn skholḗn	τὼ σχολᾱ́ tṑ skholā́	τᾱ̀ς σχολᾱ́ς tā̀s skholā́s
Vocative	σχολή skholḗ	σχολᾱ́ skholā́	σχολαί skholaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσχολίᾱ (askholíā)
• σχολάζω (skholázō)
• σχολαῖος (skholaîos)
• σχολεῖον (skholeîon)
• σχολικός (skholikós)
• σχόλιον (skhólion)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Aramaic: אסכולא
• → Belarusian: шко́ла (škóla)
• → Bulgarian: шко́ла (škóla)
• → Georgian: სკოლა (sḳola)
  • → Bats: სკოლ (sḳol)
• → Greek: σχολή (scholí)
• → Ido: skolo
• → Interlingua: schola
• → Latin: schola (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: шко́ла (škóla)
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܟܘܠܐ

Further reading

• “σχολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σχολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4981 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dilatoriness idem, page 224.
  • ease idem, page 259.
  • holiday idem, page 403.
  • idleness idem, page 413.
  • inaction idem, page 427.
  • indolence idem, page 434.
  • lecture idem, page 484.
  • leisure idem, page 485.
  • rest idem, page 704.
  • slackness idem, page 782.
  • sloth idem, page 785.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • vacation idem, page 942.
• σχολή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxoˈli/

Noun

σχολή • (scholí) f (plural σχολές)

1. faculty, school (division of institutions of higher education)

   νομική σχολή ― nomikí scholí ― faculty of law

   νυχτερινή σχολή ― nychteriní scholí ― evening school

Declension

Declension of σχολή

	singular	plural
nominative	σχολή (scholí)	σχολές (scholés)
genitive	σχολής (scholís)	σχολών (scholón)
accusative	σχολή (scholí)	σχολές (scholés)
vocative	σχολή (scholí)	σχολές (scholés)

Further reading

• σχολή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language