χιασμός

English (LSJ)

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   A placing crosswise, diagonal arrangement, esp. of the clauses of a period, so that the 1st corresponds with the 4th, and the 2nd with the 3rd, Hermog.Inv.4.3; κατὰ χιασμόν Sch.Isoc.12.47.    2 cruciform incision, Antyll. ap. Orib.44.20.32 (-εσμός codd., and so of a noose, Heraclas ap. eund.48.9.2; of a bandage, Heliod. ap. eund. 48.65 tit.).    3 decussation, σκιῶν Cleom.1.9, cf. Nicom.Ar.1.19 (pl.); of nerves, Aret.SD1.7.    4 cancellation of a document, PMasp.151.292 (vi A. D.).