διασπᾶσθαι

From LSJ

Πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → There are many wondrous things in this world, but none more wondrous than humans

Sophocles, Antigone, 332-3

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also διασπάω): mangle, tear piecemeal

Lexicon Thucydideum

divelli, disiungi, to be torn apart, be separated, 5.70.1, 6.98.3, 7.44.5. 7.78.1, [Mosqu. Moscow manuscript διεσπαρμ.] 8.42.2, 8.104.5, [Reg. Regius manuscript διεσπαρμ.]