ἀποσχίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">split, cleave off</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ δ' ἔσχισεν αὐτήν [τὴν πέτρην</b>] <span class="bibl">Od. 4.507</span>; <b class="b2">tear off</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>172</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.623</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">sever, detach from</b>, τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ συμμαχικοῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. Αυδούς</b> <b class="b2">part</b> them <b class="b2">off, separate</b> them, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>262e</span>; τὴν ἰδίαν ψυχὴν τῆς τῶν λογικῶν <span class="bibl">M.Ant.4.29</span>:— Pass., <b class="b3">ἀποσχισθῆναι ἀπό .</b>., of a river <b class="b2">being parted from</b> the main stream, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">4.56</span>; of a tribe <b class="b2">detached from</b> its parent stock, <span class="bibl">Id.1.58</span>,<span class="bibl">143</span>; ἀπὸ τῆς μεγάλης φλεβὸς -σχίζεται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>514b10</span>: c. gen., ἀποσχισθέντες τῆς ἄλλης στρατιῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.233</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Plt.</span>267b</span>, etc.:—Med., <b class="b2">separate oneself</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>728b</span>; τοῦ σοφιστοῦ <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὰ τοῦ λόγου</b> <b class="b2">cut</b> him <b class="b2">off from</b> his speech, <b class="b2">interrupt</b> him <b class="b2">in</b> it, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1408</span>.</span>