σχῖνος

See also: σχίνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, undoubtedly of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰîː.nos/ → /ˈsçi.nos/ → /ˈsçi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.nos/

Noun

σχῖνος • (skhînos) f (genitive σχῑ́νου); second declension

1. lentisk (Pistacia lentiscus)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ σχῖνος; τῆς σχῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σχῖνος hē skhînos	τὼ σχῑ́νω tṑ skhī́nō	αἱ σχῖνοι hai skhînoi
Genitive	τῆς σχῑ́νου tês skhī́nou	τοῖν σχῑ́νοιν toîn skhī́noin	τῶν σχῑ́νων tôn skhī́nōn
Dative	τῇ σχῑ́νῳ têi skhī́nōi	τοῖν σχῑ́νοιν toîn skhī́noin	ταῖς σχῑ́νοις taîs skhī́nois
Accusative	τὴν σχῖνον tḕn skhînon	τὼ σχῑ́νω tṑ skhī́nō	τᾱ̀ς σχῑ́νους tā̀s skhī́nous
Vocative	σχῖνε skhîne	σχῑ́νω skhī́nō	σχῖνοι skhînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σχίνειος (skhíneios)
• σχινέλαιον (skhinélaion)
• σχινίζω (skhinízō)
• σχίνινος (skhíninos)
• σχινίς (skhinís)
• σχινοκέφαλος (skhinoképhalos)
• σχινοτρώκτης (skhinotrṓktēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: σχίνος (schínos)
• → Latin: schinus
• → Translingual: Schinus

Further reading

• “σχῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σχῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σχῖνος 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