σχάζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂- (to split), and generally compared with Sanskrit छ्यति (chyati, to split, hurt), from the root छो (cho, to cut off). Whether *skeh₂- is related to Proto-Indo-European *skey- (to split) is speculative.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σχᾰ́ζω • (skhắzō)

  1. to make an incision
  2. to tear open
  3. to open (a vein), let (the blood) flow
  4. to let loose, let something take its course, release, let go
  5. to drop, abandon

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀποσχάζω (aposkházō)
  • κατασχάζω (kataskházō)
  • κατασχασμός (kataskhasmós)
  • σχάσις (skhásis)
  • σχάσμα (skhásma)
  • σχαστήρ (skhastḗr)
  • σχαστηρία (skhastēría)
  • σχαστήριον (skhastḗrion)

Descendants

  • Greek: σκάζω (skázo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σχάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1434

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