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|Full diacritics=πολυσχῐδής
|Medium diacritics=πολυσχιδής
|Low diacritics=πολυσχιδής
|Capitals=ΠΟΛΥΣΧΙΔΗΣ
|Transliteration A=polyschidḗs
|Transliteration B=polyschidēs
|Transliteration C=polyschidis
|Beta Code=polusxidh/s
|Definition=ές, (σχίζω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">split into many parts</b>, <b class="b3">ἁπλῷ τρόπῳ καὶ μὴ πολυσχιδέϊ</b> by a single and not <b class="b2">a splintered fracture</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>24</span>; <b class="b3">λώβῃσι πολυσχιδέεσσι λυθέντα</b>, of a wreck, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.409</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">much-cloven</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀσχιδής</b>, of certain figs, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>930b33</span>; of a deer's antlers, <b class="b2">branching</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>517a24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>663a10</span>; of the lungs, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>495b1</span>; of leaves, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.12.5</span>; καυλοί Dsc.2.185; of a mountain range, <span class="bibl">Str.11.12.1</span>; ἀτραποί Plu.2.969b; of the Nile, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>2.85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>61.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the hand, <b class="b2">cloven into fingers</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>687b7</span>; of the foot, <b class="b2">into toes</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">690b6</span>: hence <b class="b3">τὰ π</b>. <b class="b2">animals that have toes</b>, not hoofs, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>497b20</span>, <span class="bibl">499b7</span>, <span class="bibl">502b34</span>; esp. of birds, ib.<span class="bibl">504a6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> generally, <b class="b2">much divided</b>, γνῶμαι <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>7.349</span>; ἔμφασις <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">VP</span>29.161</span>; ψεῦδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Protr.</span>21</span>κ; <b class="b2">complex</b>, <span class="bibl">Ammon. <span class="title">in Cat.</span>66.9</span>. Adv. -δῶς <span class="bibl">Ph.1.31</span>.</span>
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