καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
fissĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a cleaving, dividing: glebarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159.
fissĭō, ōnis, f. (findo), action de fendre, de diviser : Cic. Nat. 2, 159.