περισχίζω
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
English (LSJ)
A slit and tear off, ἐσθῆτα Plu.Cic.36, Luc.DMeretr.8.1 ; κιτῶνα BGU22.16 (ii A. D.); slit open, Arist.HA550a30 :—Pass., π. τῷ μετώπῳ κόμη Poll.2.25. II Pass., of a river, περισχίζεσθαι τὸν χῶρον to split round a piece of land, i.e. divide into two branches and surround it, Hdt.9.51 ; π. περὶ τὸ χωρίον Plb.3.42.7, etc.: abs., of a stream of men, part and go different ways, περιεσχίζοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν Pl.Prt. 315b ; of light, αὐγὴ πολλαχοῦ π. Plu.2.407e, cf. Thphr.Ign.52 ; of sound, Sch.Poll.2.116. III strip of all his clothes, τινα Arr.Epict.1.25.30.
German (Pape)
[Seite 595] rings herum spalten, schlitzen, zerreißen; ἐσθ ῆτα, Plut. Cic. 36; τινά, Einem die Kleider abreißen, Arr. ep. 1, 25; vgl. Arist. H. A. 5, 18. – Aber περισχίζεσθαι χῶρον, von einem Flusse, sich um eine Gegend her theilen und sie von beiden Seiten umfließen, Her. 9, 51; vgl. Pol. 3, 42, 7; περισχισθεὶς ὁ ῥοῦς περὶ τὴν πόλιν, 4, 43, 7; – u. so von Menschen, ἐν κόσμῳ περιεσχίζοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν, Plat. Prot. 315 b.
