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δια-σπάω , fut. -σπάσομαι [α^] Ar.Ra.477, Ec.1076, also
2. in military sense, separate part of an army from the rest, X.Cyr.5.4.19; of army and fleet, Hdt.7.236; δ. τὰς φάλαγγας break them up, Arist.Pol.1303b13: —Pass., στράτευμα διεσπασμένον an army scattered and in disorder, Th.6.98, cf. 7.44; of a fleet, Id.8.104; “τῷ διεσπάσθαι τὰς δυνάμειςto be widely scattered, X.An.1.5.9.
3. metaph., pull different ways, πόλεις distract states, Pl.Lg.875a; “τὰς πολιτείαςD.4.48; “τοὺς νόμουςX.Cyr.8.5.25; διέσπακε τὴν ἱστορίαν has broken the continuity of the narrative, Sch.Th. l. c.:—Pass., διασπώμενος distracted,πρὸς τοσαύτας ὑπηρεσίαςLuc.DDeor.24.1; “ὑπὸ τῶν λόγωνId.Icar.23.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (23):
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 1076
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 477
    • Demosthenes, On the Peace, 5
    • Demosthenes, Philippic 1, 48
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 339
    • Euripides, Hecuba, 1126
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.59
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.236
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.13
    • Plato, Laws, 875a
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.44
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.104
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.5.9
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 5.4.19
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 6.1.45
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.5.25
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.4.10
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.55.1
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.98
    • Plutarch, Camillus, 5
    • Plutarch, Caesar, 68
    • Lucian, Icaromenippus, 23
    • Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 24.1
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