διασφενδονάω
From LSJ
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
A scatter as by a sling, D.S.17.83:—Pass., to be hurled from slings, Agath.3.25, 5.3; to be scattered in all directions, X.An. 4.2.3, Plu.Marc.15, D.C.56.14. II dismember, Plu.Alex.43.
German (Pape)
[Seite 605] auseinander schleudern, sprengen, λίθοι φερόμενοι πρὸς τὰς πέτρας διεσφενδονῶντο, flogen in Stücken auseinander, Xen. An. 4, 2, 3; vgl. Plut. Alex . 43; τά μέλη, D. Sic. 17, 83.
