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σχίζω , Hdt.2.17, S.El.99 (anap.), etc.: poet. impf.
A.σχίζονPi.P. 4.228: fut. “σχίσωLXX Su.55: aor. “ἔσχισαOd.4.507 (ἀπο-), h.Merc. 128, etc., Ep. “σχίσσαHes.Sc.428:—Pass., fut. “σχισθήσομαιLXX Za. 14.4: pf. ἔσχισμαι (v. infr.):—split, cleave, “ῥινὸν ὀνύχεσσιHes. l.c.; ἔσχισε δώδεκα μοίρας, i.e. divided them into twelve parts, h.Merc.l.c.; ς. νῶτον γᾶς, of the plough, Pi. l.c.; “σχίσσαις κεραυνῷ Ζεὺς χθόναId.N.9.24; “ποδὶ γᾶνId.Fr.167; “κάρα πελέκειS. l.c.; esp. of wood, X.An. 1.5.12, etc.; of the wind, “ς. περὶ πρῷραν τὰ κύματαSimon.25 (dub.); but “πρῷρα ς. τὸ κῦμαLuc.Am.6; [“θάλασσα] σχιζομένη ταῖς κώπαιςPlacit.3.3.2; ἔσχισε νῆα θάλασσα shattered it, AP9.40 (Zos.); ς. ὑποδήματα cut out, opp. νευρορραφεῖν, X.Cyr.8.2.5 (cf. πρόσχισμα); tear, ἱμάτιον Gloss.; “τριβώνιον ἐσχισμένονBGU928.20,22 (iii A.D.); “οἱ ἀποθανόντες ἐσχισμένοις ἐνειλοῦνται ῥάκεσιν ὡς καὶ τὰ βρέφηArtem.1.13.
2. generally, part, separate, divide, Νεῖλος μέσην Αἴγυπτον σχίζων Hdt.l.c., cf. 4.49; “ς. διχῇ τὸ γένοςPl.Sph.264d; “κατὰ μῆκοςId.Ti.36b; ς. τὰς φλέβας divide them, ib.77d:—Pass., “σχισθένταA.Ag.623; “φλὲψ σχιζομένηHp.Art.20; “ἐσχίσθη ποταμόςHdt.1.75; Νεῖλος σχίζεται τριφασίας ὁδούς branches into three channels, Id.2.17, cf. 15 (so “ λύχνος ἔσχισται διδύμην φλόγαAP12.199 (Strat.)); “περὶ σχίζεται τὸ τοῦ Νείλου ῥεῦμαPl.Ti.21e; “σχιζομένης τῆς ὁδοῦHdt.7.31; στρατιὴ ἐσχίζετο the army divided, Id.8.34; of a bird's wings (cf. σχιζόπτερος), Arist.PA642b28; of feet divided into toes (cf. σχιζόπους), Id.HA494a12; and of various parts of the body, ib.495b4, 507a13; branch off, ἀπὸ [τοῦ στελέχους] Thphr.HP1.1.9; “φύλλα ἐσχισμένα εἰς έ μοίραςDsc.4.41.
3. σχίζειν γάλα make milk curdle, i. e. separate the whey from the curds, Id.2.70; cf. “σχίσις2.
II. metaph. of divided opinions, “σφεων ἐσχίζοντο αἱ γνῶμαιHdt.7.219, cf. X.Smp.4.59; “ἐσχίσθησαν ταῖς γνώμαιςGal. 16.728. (Cf. Lat. scindo, Goth. skaidan 'separate', etc.)
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    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 623
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.75
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.219
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.17
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.31
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.34
    • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, 428
    • Homer, Odyssey, 4.507
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 4 to Hermes, 128
    • Old Testament, Zechariah, 14.4
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    • Sophocles, Electra, 99
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.5.12
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.2.5
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