Lewis & Short

schĕdĭus, a, um, adj., = σχέδιος, made suddenly or off-hand; hastily put or thrown together; hence, as in the Greek subst.,

  1. I. schĕdĭa, ae, f., = σχεδία (sc. ναῦς), a raft, float, constructed in haste, Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 6; cf. Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.
  2. II. schĕdĭum, ii, n. (sc. carmen), an extemporaneous poem: Lucilianae humilitatis, Petr. 4 fin.; App. de Deo Socr. p. 364, 34; Aus. Idyll. 7 praef.; Sid. Ep. 8, 3; cf. Fest. l. l.