σχενδύλη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σχένδῡλᾰ (skhéndūlă), σχενδῡ́λᾱ (skhendū́lā)
- σκενδῡ́λη (skendū́lē)
- κένδῡλᾰ (kéndūlă), κενδῡ́λη (kendū́lē)
Etymology
The formation is similar to κᾰνθῡ́λη (kănthū́lē) and κορδῡ́λη (kordū́lē). The presence of the variation leads to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skʰen.dy̌ː.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skʰenˈdy.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sçenˈdy.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sçenˈdy.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sçenˈdi.li/
Noun
σχενδῡ́λη • (skhendū́lē) f (genitive σχενδῡ́λης); first declension
- a ship carpenter's and blacksmith's tool; possibly forceps or pliers
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σχενδῡ́λη hē skhendū́lē |
τὼ σχενδῡ́λᾱ tṑ skhendū́lā |
αἱ σχενδῦλαι hai skhendûlai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σχενδῡ́λης tês skhendū́lēs |
τοῖν σχενδῡ́λαιν toîn skhendū́lain |
τῶν σχενδῡλῶν tôn skhendūlôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σχενδῡ́λῃ tēî skhendū́lēi |
τοῖν σχενδῡ́λαιν toîn skhendū́lain |
ταῖς σχενδῡ́λαις taîs skhendū́lais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σχενδῡ́λην tḕn skhendū́lēn |
τὼ σχενδῡ́λᾱ tṑ skhendū́lā |
τᾱ̀ς σχενδῡ́λᾱς tā̀s skhendū́lās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σχενδῡ́λη skhendū́lē |
σχενδῡ́λᾱ skhendū́lā |
σχενδῦλαι skhendûlai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σχενδῡλᾰ́ω (skhendūlắō)
- σχενδῡ́λῐον (skhendū́lĭon)
- σχενδῡλόληπτος (skhendūlólēptos)
Further reading
- “σχενδύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σχενδύλη 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