σχολείο

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (skholeîon), from σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”).

Noun

σχολείο • (scholeío) n (plural σχολεία)

1. (education) school

Declension

Declension of σχολείο

	singular	plural
nominative	σχολείο •	σχολεία •
genitive	σχολείου •	σχολείων •
accusative	σχολείο •	σχολεία •
vocative	σχολείο •	σχολεία •

Descendants

• → Aromanian: sculii, sculie, scolie, scolii

See also

• λύκειο n (lýkeio, “secondary school, high school”)
• γυμνάσιο n (gymnásio, “secondary school, high school”)
• δημοτικό σχολείο n (dimotikó scholeío, “primary school, elementary school”)

Further reading

• σχολείο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el