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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">slit and tear off</b>, ἐσθῆτα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>36</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>8.1</span> ; κιτῶνα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>22.16</span> (ii A. D.); <b class="b2">slit open</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>550a30</span> :—Pass., π. τῷ μετώπῳ κόμη <span class="bibl">Poll.2.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., of a river, <b class="b3">περισχίζεσθαι τὸν χῶρον</b> <b class="b2">to split round</b> a piece of land, i.e. <b class="b2">divide into two branches and surround</b> it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.51</span> ; π. περὶ τὸ χωρίον <span class="bibl">Plb.3.42.7</span>, etc.: abs., of a stream of men, <b class="b2">part and go different ways</b>, περιεσχίζοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 315b</span> ; of light, <b class="b3">αὐγὴ πολλαχοῦ π</b>. Plu.2.407e, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>52</span> ; of sound, Sch.<span class="bibl">Poll.2.116</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">strip of all his clothes</b>, τινα <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.25.30</span>.</span>