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