διακόπτειν
From LSJ
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also διακόπτω): break through, cut open, cut through enemy's ranks, cut through
Lexicon Thucydideum
diffindere, to cleave asunder, split, 2.4.4,
PASS. 4.111.2.
