διχοτομέω
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
A cut in twain: bisect a line, Plb.6.28.2:—Pass., Arist.Pr.913b31; σώματος -ηθέντος Plu.Pyrrh.24: metaph. of the medial raphe of the perineum, Paul.Aeg.6.62, etc. 2 punish with the last severity, Ev.Matt.24.51. 3 divide into two (logically), Pl.Plt.302e, Arist.PA642b22, 644b19. 4 intr., of the moon, dub. in Plu.2.929f.
German (Pape)
[Seite 647] in zwei Theile theilen, trennen, Plat. Polit 302 e; Arist. probl. 16, 4 u. Sp., wie Pol. 6, 28, 2; zerhauen, 10, 15; spalten, Plut. Pyrrh. 24; σελήνη διχοτομοῦσα = διχότομος, fac. orb. lun. 17.
