σχαλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Technical word in -ίς, like δοκίς (dokís), σανίς (sanís) and ψαλίς (psalís). One might connect σκαλίς (skalís, “mattock”) or, alternatively, σχέτω (skhétō, “to hold”). Both explanations do not convince; the word may instead be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰa.lís/ → /sxaˈlis/ → /sxaˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰa.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰaˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sxaˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sxaˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sxaˈlis/

Noun

σχᾰλίς • (skhalís) f (genitive σχᾰλίδος); third declension

1. forked stick used as a prop for nets

   Synonym: στάλιξ (stálix)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σχᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς σχᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σχᾰλῐ́ς hē skhalís	τὼ σχᾰλῐ́δε tṑ skhalíde	αἱ σχᾰλῐ́δες hai skhalídes
Genitive	τῆς σχᾰλῐ́δος tês skhalídos	τοῖν σχᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn skhalídoin	τῶν σχᾰλῐ́δων tôn skhalídōn
Dative	τῇ σχᾰλῐ́δῐ têi skhalídi	τοῖν σχᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn skhalídoin	ταῖς σχᾰλῐ́σῐ / σχᾰλῐ́σῐν taîs skhalísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σχᾰλῐ́δᾰ tḕn skhalída	τὼ σχᾰλῐ́δε tṑ skhalíde	τᾱ̀ς σχᾰλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s skhalídas
Vocative	σχᾰλῐ́ς skhalís	σχᾰλῐ́δε skhalíde	σχᾰλῐ́δες skhalídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• σχαλίδωμα (skhalídōma)

Further reading

• “σχαλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σχαλίς 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