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σχίζω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

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    Verb

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    σχῐ́ζω (skhĭ́zō)

    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.

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    Greek

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    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

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    σχίζω (schízo) (past έσχισα, passive σχίζομαι)

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

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