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 • (skhĭ́sĭs) 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 skhĭ́sĭs	τὼ σχῐ́σει tṑ skhĭ́sei	αἱ σχῐ́σεις hai skhĭ́seis
Genitive	τῆς σχῐ́σεως tês skhĭ́seōs	τοῖν σχῐσέοιν toîn skhĭséoin	τῶν σχῐ́σεων tôn skhĭ́seōn
Dative	τῇ σχῐ́σει têi skhĭ́sei	τοῖν σχῐσέοιν toîn skhĭséoin	ταῖς σχῐ́σεσῐ / σχῐ́σεσῐν taîs skhĭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σχῐ́σῐν tḕn skhĭ́sĭn	τὼ σχῐ́σει tṑ skhĭ́sei	τᾱ̀ς σχῐ́σεις tā̀s skhĭ́seis
Vocative	σχῐ́σῐ skhĭ́sĭ	σχῐ́σει skhĭ́sei	σχῐ́σεις skhĭ́seis
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.