1.to split or cleave off, Od., Eur.
2.to sever or detach from, τινὰ ἀπό τινος Hdt.:—Pass., ἀποσχισθῆναί τινος to be separated from . . ., id=Hdt.; of a river, to be parted from the main stream, id=Hdt.; of a tribe, to be detached from its parent stock, id=Hdt.