σχάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.5.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aff.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.58</span>; also σχάω, inf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> σχᾶν <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.127</span>, κατα-σχᾶν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.76</span>; so impf. <b class="b3">ἔσχων</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>409</span>; 3pl. ἔσχαζον Anon. ap. Phryn.194; also ἐσχάζοσαν Lyc. 21: fut. <b class="b3">σχάσω</b> (ἀπο-) <span class="bibl">Crates Com.41</span>: aor. ἔσχᾰσα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.51</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>811</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>740</span>:—Med., aor. <b class="b3">ἐσχασάμην</b> ib.<span class="bibl">107</span>, Pl. Com.32:—Pass., 3sg. pres. σχᾶται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span>: fut. σχασθήσομαι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Am.</span>3.5</span>: aor. ἐσχάσθην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>24</span>, Antisth. ap. Stob.3.18.26, etc.: pf. <b class="b3">ἔσχασμαι</b> in plant-name <b class="b3">ἐσχασμένη</b>, = [[ὀνοβρυχίς]], Ps.-Dsc.3.153. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[slit open so as to let something escape]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔσχων ἀμελήσας [τὴν γαστέρα</b>] I carelessly forgot to [[slit]] the haggis, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>409</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">σ. φλέβα</b> [[open]] a vein, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.5.15</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 5.4.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ages.</span>27</span>, etc.; ἐκ βραχιόνων τὰς φλέβας <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>168J.</span> (so <b class="b3">σ. τὸ φλεγμαῖνον μόριον</b> [[lance]] the boil, Gal.11.119); freq. also without <b class="b3">φλέβα</b>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>2.7</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">σ. ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶτταν</b> [[bleed]] it under the tongue, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>603b15</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τὸν ἀγκῶνα</b>, i.e. [[bleed in]] the arm, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>37</span>; τὴν κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aff.</span>2</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">σ. τομήν</b> make an incision, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.7</span>; <b class="b3">αἷμα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Poll.2.215</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πρωτόσφακτον ὅρκιον σχάσας</b> [[slaying]] the . . victim, Lyc.329: metaph. in Pass., [[to be purged by bleeding]], Antisth. ap. Stob.3.18.26. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[open]], <b class="b3">ἐσχάσαμεν κάλυκας</b> we (roses) [[have opened]] our buds, <span class="title">AP</span>6.345 (Crin.); στόμα Lyc.28. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[let go]], <b class="b3">σχάσας τὴν φροντίδα</b> [[letting]] your mind [[go]], [[relaxing]] your thought, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>740</span>; <b class="b3">σχάσαντες τὴν ἀγκύλην τοῦ βρόχου</b> [[slackening]], <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.51</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τὰς μηχανάς</b> [[let off]] the engines, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>15</span>; σχάσει τὴν χεῖρα, ὥστε ἀφεθῆναι τὸ βέλος <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1.41</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐσχάζετο αὐτόματον [τὸ βέλος</b>] <span class="bibl">Ph. <span class="title">Bel.</span>73.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">70.45</span>, <span class="bibl">78.31</span>; <b class="b3">-όμενον παττάλιον</b> (in a mousetrap) <span class="bibl">Poll.7.114</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ σχασθήσεται παγὶς ἄνευ τοῦ συλλαβεῖν τι</b>; <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Am.</span>3.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἔσχαστο ἡ ὕσπληξ</b> the <b class="b3">ὕσπληξ</b> ( σχαστηρία <span class="bibl">1</span>) [[had been let off]], <span class="bibl">Hld.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">βαλβῖδα μηρίνθου σχάσας</b>, i.e. starting the race, Lyc.13 ( = [[βαλβῖδος μήρινθον]] acc. to Sch.); <b class="b3">κἀπὸ γῆς ἐσχάζοσαν ὕσπληγγας</b> <b class="b2">were starting off</b> from shore, Id.21; of the jaw, <b class="b3">ἐκπίπτει μὲν γνάθος ὀλιγάκις, σχᾶται μέντοι πολλάκις ἐν χάσμῃσι</b> [[slips]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span> ( = [[χαλᾶται]] acc. to <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.112</span>):—also Act., of the surgeon, <b class="b3">ἐξαπίνης σχάσαι</b> [[let]] the jaw <b class="b2">slip back into position, let</b> it [[go]], ibid. <b class="b3">καὶ κατὰ παλαίστραν δὲ τὸ σχάσαι σημαίνει τὴν χεῖρα ταχέως ἄγειν πρὸς αὐτὴν</b> (leg. <b class="b3">αὑτὴν</b>) ἐκ τῆς ἔμπροσθεν θέσεως Gal.18(1).438. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[relax effort]], [[cease]] an action, esp. rowing, <b class="b3">κώπαν σχάσον</b> <b class="b2">easy!</b>, i.e. cease rowing, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>811</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>104</span>; <b class="b3">τί σιγᾷς γῆρυν ἄφθογγον σχάσας</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>960</span>; <b class="b3">σχάσον δὲ δεινὸν ὄμμα καὶ θυμοῦ πνοάς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">454</span>: abs., <b class="b3">φοβοῦμαι μὴ σχάσῃ, νεναυσίακε γάρ</b> I fear he <b class="b2">may give up</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1097.4</span> (i A.D.):—Med., <b class="b3">σχασάμενος τὴν ἱππικήν</b> [[giving up]] horses, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>107</span>; τὰς ὀφρῦς σχάσασθε καὶ τὰς ὄμφακας <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.32</span> (cf. ὄμφαξ <span class="bibl">11.3</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[let fall]], [[drop]], τὴν οὐράν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>3.5</span>; <b class="b3">πεύκης ὀδόντας</b>, i.e. the anchor, Lyc.99; <b class="b3">λάθρᾳ κατὰ μηχανὰς σχασθέντων τῶν φραγμάτων</b> Hippoloch. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.4.130a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">cause to collapse</b>, θάλαμον σχάσε μῆνις <span class="title">AP</span>9.422 (Apollonid.); <b class="b3">σχάσας . . ἐν πέδῳ γόνυ</b>, i.e. kneel down, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>5629.3</span> (iii B.C.):—Pass., <b class="b3">μήπω σχασθῇ</b> lest the dyke [[collapse]], PLond.1.131.243 (i A.D., abbrev.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> metaph., <b class="b2">cause to collapse</b> or [[fail]], [[foil]], <b class="b3">πῦρ... λεόντων . . ὄνυχας, ἀκμὰν καὶ δεινοτάτων σχάσαις ὀδόντων</b>, of Peleus subduing the metamorphosed Thetis, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.64</span>; φεῦ, οἵαισιν ἐν φροντίσι Κνώσιον ἔσχασεν στραταγέταν <span class="bibl">B.16.121</span>.</span>