(adjective) : schistos, a, on, , = σχιστός
* Split, cleft, divided; a t. t. in Pliny the Elder: lapis, that easily cleaves or cracks, fissile, schistose, a name given to a kind of red oxide of iron, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 124; 33, 4, 25, § 84; 36, 20, 37, § 144: lac,i. e. curdled,id. 28, 9, 33, § 126: caepa, a peculiar kind,id. 19, 6, 32, § 101: alumen,id. 31, 7, 39, § 79.