sever

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 (Euripides, Bacchae 241).

divide: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν.

be severed from: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.).