σχίζα

schiza

piece of wood cut off, lath, splinter

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 1 1
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1462
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2425
Odyssey 2
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3459
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14425

Dictionary (LSJ)

σχίζα, ης, ἡ, (σχίζω) A. piece of wood cut off, lath, splinter, σχίζῃ δρυός Od. 14.425, cf. Ar. Pax 1032: pl., wood cleft small, esp. firewood, καῖε δʼ ἐπὶ σχίζῃς [τοὺς μηρούς] Il. 1.462, cf. PCair.Zen. 191.5 (iii B.C.), IG 22.1366.11; τὰ μὲν . . σχίζῃσιν ἀφύλλοισιν κατέκαιον Il. 2.425. 2. shaft, dart, LXX 1 Ki. 20.20 sq., 1 Ma. 10.80, AP 6.282 (Theod.); so σχίζαι εἰς βέλη καταπαλτῶν IG 22.1629.996.

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