σχίζ-α, ης, ἡ,
(σχίζω) piece of wood cut off, lath, splinter, σχίζῃ δρυός [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.425, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1032 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, wood cleft small, especially firewood, καῖε δ᾽ ἐπὶ σχίζῃς [τοὺς μηρούς] [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.462, compare “PCair.Zen.” 191.5 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 22.1366.11; τὰ μὲν.. σχίζῃσιν ἀφύλλοισιν κατέκαιον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.425. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 shaft, dart, [[ LXX.1Ki.20.20f, LXX.1Mac.10.80, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.282 (Theodorus Epigrammaticus); so σχίζαι εἰς βέλη καταπαλτῶν “IG” 22.1629.996. ] LXX]