LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininevariously declined, first declension, third declension

schēma

schēma f (genitive schēmae or schēmatis)
Classical[ˈskʰeː.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈskɛː.ma]

Meaning

  1. shape, figure, form, manner, posture
  2. rhetoricfigure of speech
  3. outline, figure

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeschēmaschēmae
schēmata
genitiveschēmae
schēmatis		schēmārum
schēmatum
dativeschēmae
schēmatī		schēmīs
schēmatibus
accusativeschēmam
schēma		schēmās
schēmata
ablativeschēmā
schēmate		schēmīs
schēmatibus
vocativeschēmaschēmae
schēmata

schēma, ae, f. (cf.:
I. diadema, dogma, etc., Prisc. p. 679 P.), and (mostly post-Aug.) ătis, n. (dat. and abl. plur. schemasin, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 38; but schematibus, Lampr. Heliog. 19), = σχῆμα.
I. In gen., a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude, etc. (so mostly ante-class.; not in Cic.).
(a). Fem.: quod processi huc cum servili schemā, Plaut. Am. prol. 117; cf. Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: Tiara ut lepidam lepide condecorat schemam, Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. l. l.; also Pompon. ap. Non. 225, 1: exemplar imperatae schemae, Suet. Tib. 43.—
(b). Neutr.: pergite thyrsigerae Bacchae modo Bacchico cum schemate, Naev. ap. Non. 225, 2: schema antiquom retinere, Lucil. ib. 225, 3: Aristippus naufragio cum ejectus ad Rhodiensium litus animadvertisset geometrica schemata descripta, Vitr. 6 praef.: vasa schematibus libidinosissimis inquinata, Lampr. Heliog. 19.—
II. In partic., as in rhet., a figure of speech, rhetorical figure (pure Lat. figura; freq. in Quint.; in Cic. written as Greek), Sen. Contr. 1, praef. § 23 sq.; 1, 1, 25; Quint. 9, 1, 1 sq.; and repeatedly in the first three chapters of the ninth book; cf. also id. 1, 5, 52 sq.; 4, 1, 49; 4, 5, 4; 5, 10, 70.—
b. In geometry, a figure, outline: geometrica schemata, Vitr. 6, praef. 1: sphaeroides, id. 8, 6, 3 et saep.

Origins

From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

Descendants
  • Catalanesquema
  • Frenchschéma
  • Romanianschemăfrom French schéma
  • Italianschema
  • Portugueseesquema
  • Spanishesquema
  • Englishschema
  • Englishscheme
  • GermanSchema
  • Turkishşemafrom French schéma

Quick answers

What does schēma mean in Latin?
schēma, a noun, means “shape, figure, form, manner, posture; figure of speech; outline, figure”.
What is the genitive of schēma?
The genitive singular is schēmae. schēma is feminine, variously declined, first declension, third declension.
How do you pronounce schēma?
In classical Latin, [ˈskʰeː.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskɛː.ma].