σχιστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

By surface analysis, σχῐ́ζω (skhĭ́zō) +‎ -τός (-tós). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *skidtós, whence also Latin scissus and Proto-Slavic *čistъ.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰis.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰisˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçisˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçisˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçisˈtos/

Adjective

σχῐστός • (skhĭstós) m (feminine σχῐστή, neuter σχῐστόν); first/second declension

cloven, divided
that may be split or cleft; divisible

Inflection

First and second declension of σχῐστός; σχῐστή; σχῐστόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σχῐστός skhĭstós	σχῐστή skhĭstḗ	σχῐστόν skhĭstón	σχῐστώ skhĭstṓ	σχῐστᾱ́ skhĭstā́	σχῐστώ skhĭstṓ	σχῐστοί skhĭstoí	σχῐσταί skhĭstaí	σχῐστᾰ́ skhĭstắ
Genitive	σχῐστοῦ skhĭstoû	σχῐστῆς skhĭstês	σχῐστοῦ skhĭstoû	σχῐστοῖν skhĭstoîn	σχῐσταῖν skhĭstaîn	σχῐστοῖν skhĭstoîn	σχῐστῶν skhĭstôn	σχῐστῶν skhĭstôn	σχῐστῶν skhĭstôn
Dative	σχῐστῷ skhĭstōî	σχῐστῇ skhĭstēî	σχῐστῷ skhĭstōî	σχῐστοῖν skhĭstoîn	σχῐσταῖν skhĭstaîn	σχῐστοῖν skhĭstoîn	σχῐστοῖς skhĭstoîs	σχῐσταῖς skhĭstaîs	σχῐστοῖς skhĭstoîs
Accusative	σχῐστόν skhĭstón	σχῐστήν skhĭstḗn	σχῐστόν skhĭstón	σχῐστώ skhĭstṓ	σχῐστᾱ́ skhĭstā́	σχῐστώ skhĭstṓ	σχῐστούς skhĭstoús	σχῐστᾱ́ς skhĭstā́s	σχῐστᾰ́ skhĭstắ
Vocative	σχῐστέ skhĭsté	σχῐστή skhĭstḗ	σχῐστόν skhĭstón	σχῐστώ skhĭstṓ	σχῐστᾱ́ skhĭstā́	σχῐστώ skhĭstṓ	σχῐστοί skhĭstoí	σχῐσταί skhĭstaí	σχῐστᾰ́ skhĭstắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σχῐστῶς skhĭstôs			σχῐστότερος skhĭstóteros			σχῐστότᾰτος skhĭstótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

→ Translingual: Schistes

Related terms

ἄσχῐστος (áskhĭstos)
δύσχῐστος (dúskhĭstos)
ἔνσχῐστος (énskhĭstos)
εὔσχῐστος (eúskhĭstos)
ὁλόσχῐστος (holóskhĭstos)
πλατύσχῐστος (platúskhĭstos)
πολύσχῐστος (polúskhĭstos)
τετράσχῐστος (tetráskhĭstos)
τρίσχῐστος (trískhĭstos)

References

“σχιστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σχιστός 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, page 140
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, page 1437
Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 619