σχίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *skʰíďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti, from *skeyd- (to divide, split).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σχῐ́ζω • (skhízō)

  1. to split, cleave
    • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 428:
      ὅς τε μάλ’ ἐνδυκέως ῥινὸν κρατεροῖς ὀνύχεσσι σχίσσας
      hós te mál’ endukéōs rhinòn krateroîs onúkhessi skhíssas
      very eagerly ripping the hide with his strong claws
    • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 128:
      καὶ ἔσχισε δώδεκα μοίρας κληροπαλεῖς
      kaì éskhise dṓdeka moíras klēropaleîs
      and cut them into twelve portions distributed by lot
    1. to part, separate, divide
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.17:
        ὁ γὰρ δὴ Νεῖλος [] ῥέει μέσην Αἴγυπτον σχίζων ἐς θάλασσαν.
        ho gàr dḕ Neîlos [] rhéei mésēn Aígupton skhízōn es thálassan.
        For the Nile [] divides Egypt in two parts as it flows to the sea.
      • 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 264d:
        πάλιν τοίνυν ἐπιχειρῶμεν, σχίζοντες διχῇ τὸ προτεθὲν γένος
        pálin toínun epikheirômen, skhízontes dikhêi tò protethèn génos
        Then let us try again; dividing in two the proposed class
    2. to curdle milk
  2. (figuratively) to divide
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.219:
      ἐνθαῦτα ἐβουλεύοντο οἱ Ἕλληνες, καί σφεων ἐσχίζοντο αἱ γνῶμαι:
      enthaûta ebouleúonto hoi Héllēnes, kaí spheōn eskhízonto hai gnômai:
      The Hellenes then took counsel, but their opinions were divided.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀκροσχῐδής (akroskhidḗs)
  • αὐτοσχῐδής (autoskhidḗs)
  • δῐσχῐδής (diskhidḗs)
  • δῐᾰσχῐδής (diaskhidḗs)
  • δῐᾰσχῐ́ζω (diaskhízō)
  • ἐκσχῐ́ζω (ekskhízō)
  • ἐνσχῐ́ζω (enskhízō)
  • ἐπῐσχῐ́ζω (episkhízō)
  • εὐσχῐδής (euskhidḗs)
  • κᾰτᾰσχῐ́ζω (kataskhízō)
  • λεπτοσχῐδής (leptoskhidḗs)
  • μεγασχῐδής (megaskhidḗs)
  • μεσοσχῐδής (mesoskhidḗs)
  • μονοσχῐδής (monoskhidḗs)
  • νεοσχῐδής (neoskhidḗs)
  • περισχῐδής (periskhidḗs)
  • περισχῐ́ζω (periskhízō)
  • πολῠσχῐδής (poluskhidḗs)
  • προσχῐ́ζω (proskhízō)
  • πᾰρᾰσχῐ́ζω (paraskhízō)
  • σῠσχῐ́ζω (suskhízō)
  • τετρασχῐδής (tetraskhidḗs)
  • τρισχῐδής (triskhidḗs)
  • χᾰμαισχῐδής (khamaiskhidḗs)
  • ᾰ̓νᾰσχῐ́ζω (anaskhízō)
  • ᾰ̓ποσχῐ́ζω (aposkhízō)
  • ᾰ̓σχῐδής (askhidḗs)
  • ῠ̔ποσχῐ́ζω (huposkhízō)

References

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō). See σκίζω (skízo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsçi.zo/
  • Hyphenation: σχί‧ζω

Verb

σχίζω • (schízo) (past έσχισα, passive σχίζομαι)

  1. (formal) Alternative form of σκίζω (skízo) to only for the literary sense: slit, tear

Conjugation

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