σχίζα

English (LSJ)

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 δ' 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, AP6.282 (Theod.); so σχίζαι εἰς βέλη καταπαλτῶν IG22.1629.996.