σχίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *skʰíďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti, from *skeyd- (to divide, split). Cognates include Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti), Latin scindō, Old Armenian ցտեմ (cʻtem) and Old English sċītan (English shit).

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    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 dikhēî 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 (akroskhĭdḗs)
    • ᾰ̓νᾰσχῐ́ζω (ănăskhĭ́zō)
    • ᾰ̓ποσχῐ́ζω (ăposkhĭ́zō)
    • ᾰ̓σχῐδής (ăskhĭdḗs)
    • αὐτοσχῐδής (autoskhĭdḗs)
    • δῐᾰσχῐδής (dĭăskhĭdḗs)
    • δῐᾰσχῐ́ζω (dĭăskhĭ́zō)
    • δῐσχῐδής (dĭskhĭdḗs)
    • ἐκσχῐ́ζω (ekskhĭ́zō)
    • ἐνσχῐ́ζω (enskhĭ́zō)
    • ἐπῐσχῐ́ζω (epĭskhĭ́zō)
    • εὐσχῐδής (euskhĭdḗs)
    • κᾰτᾰσχῐ́ζω (kătăskhĭ́zō)
    • λεπτοσχῐδής (leptoskhĭdḗs)
    • μεγασχῐδής (megaskhĭdḗs)
    • μεσοσχῐδής (mesoskhĭdḗs)
    • μονοσχῐδής (monoskhĭdḗs)
    • νεοσχῐδής (neoskhĭdḗs)
    • πᾰρᾰσχῐ́ζω (părăskhĭ́zō)
    • περισχῐδής (periskhĭdḗs)
    • περισχῐ́ζω (periskhĭ́zō)
    • πολῠσχῐδής (polŭskhĭdḗs)
    • προσχῐ́ζω (proskhĭ́zō)
    • σῠσχῐ́ζω (sŭskhĭ́zō)
    • τετρασχῐδής (tetraskhĭdḗs)
    • τρισχῐδής (triskhĭdḗs)
    • ῠ̔ποσχῐ́ζω (hŭposkhĭ́zō)
    • χᾰμαισχῐδής (khămaiskhĭdḗs)

    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