πολυσχιδής

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Κενῆς δὲ δόξης οὐδὲν ἀθλιώτερον → Nihil est inani gloria infelicius → Als leerer Ruhm jedoch ist nichts unseliger

Menander, Monostichoi, 289
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Full diacritics: πολυσχῐδής Medium diacritics: πολυσχιδής Low diacritics: πολυσχιδής Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΣΧΙΔΗΣ
Transliteration A: polyschidḗs Transliteration B: polyschidēs Transliteration C: polyschidis Beta Code: polusxidh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (σχίζω)

   A split into many parts, ἁπλῷ τρόπῳ καὶ μὴ πολυσχιδέϊ by a single and not a splintered fracture, Hp.Fract.24; λώβῃσι πολυσχιδέεσσι λυθέντα, of a wreck, Opp.H.4.409.    2 much-cloven, opp. ἀσχιδής, of certain figs, Arist.Pr.930b33; of a deer's antlers, branching, Id.HA517a24, cf. PA663a10; of the lungs, Id.HA495b1; of leaves, Thphr.HP3.12.5; καυλοί Dsc.2.185; of a mountain range, Str.11.12.1; ἀτραποί Plu.2.969b; of the Nile, Opp.C.2.85, cf. Lib.Or.61.18.    3 of the hand, cloven into fingers, Arist.PA687b7; of the foot, into toes, ib.690b6: hence τὰ π. animals that have toes, not hoofs, Id.HA497b20, 499b7, 502b34; esp. of birds, ib.504a6.    4 generally, much divided, γνῶμαι S.E.M.7.349; ἔμφασις Iamb.VP29.161; ψεῦδος Id.Protr.21κ; complex, Ammon. in Cat.66.9. Adv. -δῶς Ph.1.31.