sever
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. σχίζειν, ἀποσχίζειν.
separate: P. and V. χωρίζειν; see separate.
break off: Ar. and P. διαλύω, διαλύειν. P. and V. λύω, λύειν.
cut: P. and V. τέμνειν, διατέμνειν; see cut.
cut off: P. and V. τέμνειν, Ar. and P. ἀποτέμνειν, V. θερίζειν, ἀπαμᾶν.
severing the neck from the body: V. τράχηλον σώματος χωρὶς τεμών (Eur., Bacchae 241).
divide: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν.
be severed from: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.).
