schisma

See also: Schisma

English

Alternative forms

  • skhisma

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, cleft, division), whence the orthographic borrowing skhisma. Doublet of schism.

Noun

schisma (plural schismas)

  1. (music) A very small interval equal to half a comma.

Derived terms

  • schismatic temperament

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

schisma n

  1. alternative spelling of schizma

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, division), from σχίζω (skhízō, I split).

Pronunciation

Noun

schisma n (genitive schismatis); third declension

  1. schism (a split or separation within a group or organization)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative schisma schismata
genitive schismatis schismatum
dative schismatī schismatibus
accusative schisma schismata
ablative schismate schismatibus
vocative schisma schismata

Descendants

References

  • schisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "schisma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • schisma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.