# σχῆμα
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* σχέμᾰ (skhéma)

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *skʰḗmə, from Proto-Indo-European *sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥, formed from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold”), synchronically corresponding to ἔχω (ékhō, “I have”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skʰɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈsçi.ma/ → /ˈsçi.ma/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /skʰɛ̂ː.ma/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈskʰe̝.ma/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈsçi.ma/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈsçi.ma/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈsçi.ma/

### Noun

σχῆμᾰ • (skhêma) n (genitive σχήμᾰτος); third declension
* form, shape, figure
* appearance, show, pretense
* bearing, look, air, mien
* stateliness, dignity, pomp
* fashion, manner, way
* character, persona
* state, nature, constitution
* species, kind
* (in the plural) steps
* dance
* sketch, outline, plan, scheme
* diagram

#### Synonyms

* μορφή (morphḗ)

#### Related terms

* ἀσχήμων (askhḗmōn)

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: sqimë
* → Aramaic: אסכימא, אסכמא
* → English: schema
* → Greek: σχήμα (schíma)
* → Latin: schēma
** → Catalan: esquema
** → French: schéma m
*** → Romanian: schemă f
*** → Turkish: şema
** → Italian: schema m
** → Portuguese: esquema
** → Spanish: esquema
** → Dutch: schema
*** → Indonesian: skema
** → English: schema
** → English: scheme
*** → Irish: scéim
*** → Malay: skim
** → German: Schema
*** → Swedish: schema
** → Old Irish: scíam
*** Irish: scéimh
*** Scottish Gaelic: sgiamh
* → Parthian: [script needed] (ʾskym /⁠iskēm⁠/) (Manichaean)
* → Russian: схе́ма f (sxéma)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σχῆμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1437

### Further reading

* “σχῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* σχῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G4976 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. appearance idem, page 35.aspect idem, page 44.attitude idem, page 51.bearing idem, page 67.boast idem, page 86.carriage idem, page 115.cast idem, page 116.ceremony idem, page 122.character idem, page 125.characteristic idem, page 125.configuration idem, page 158.conformation idem, page 159.contour idem, page 169.deportment idem, page 212.dignity idem, page 224.display idem, page 236.fashion idem, page 308.feature idem, page 313.figure idem, page 319.flourish idem, page 329.form idem, page 338.frame idem, page 342.gait idem, page 352.gesture idem, page 357.glamour idem, page 361.glitter idem, page 362.glory idem, page 363.gorgeousness idem, page 367.grandeur idem, page 369.guise idem, page 379.honour idem, page 404.image idem, page 416.jewel idem, page 463.magnificence idem, page 507.make idem, page 508.manner idem, page 512.mien idem, page 528.ornament idem, page 580.ostentation idem, page 580.outward idem, page 583.pageantry idem, page 588.panoply idem, page 591.parade idem, page 591.part idem, page 593.pomp idem, page 625.port idem, page 627.pose idem, page 627.position idem, page 628.posture idem, page 629.pretence idem, page 638.pride idem, page 640.role idem, page 720.semblance idem, page 751.shape idem, page 762.show idem, page 770.splendour idem, page 803.state idem, page 812.stature idem, page 813.tinsel idem, page 877.