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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Hdt.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>99</span> (anap.), etc.: poet. impf. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> σχίζον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 4.228</span>: fut. σχίσω <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Su.</span>55</span>: aor. ἔσχισα <span class="bibl">Od.4.507</span> (ἀπο-), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span> 128</span>, etc., Ep. σχίσσα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>428</span>:—Pass., fut. σχισθήσομαι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Za.</span> 14.4</span>: pf. [[ἔσχισμαι]] (v. infr.):—[[split]], [[cleave]], ῥινὸν ὀνύχεσσι Hes. l.c.; <b class="b3">ἔσχισε δώδεκα μοίρας</b>, i.e. [[divided]] them [[into]] twelve parts, <span class="title">h.Merc.</span>l.c.; <b class="b3">σ. νῶτον γᾶς</b>, of the plough, Pi. l.c.; σχίσσαις κεραυνῷ Ζεὺς χθόνα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>9.24</span>; ποδὶ γᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>167</span>; κάρα πελέκει S. l.c.; esp. of wood, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.5.12</span>, etc.; of the wind, σ. περὶ πρῷραν τὰ κύματα <span class="bibl">Simon.25</span> (dub.); but πρῷρα σ. τὸ κῦμα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>6</span>; [θάλασσα] σχιζομένη ταῖς κώπαις <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.3.2; <b class="b3">ἔσχισε νῆα θάλασσα</b> [[shattered]] it, <span class="title">AP</span>9.40 (Zos.); <b class="b3">σ. ὑποδήματα</b> [[cut out]], opp. [[νευρορραφεῖν]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.5</span> (cf. [[πρόσχισμα]]); [[tear]], [[ἱμάτιον]] <span class="title">Gloss.</span>; τριβώνιον ἐσχισμένον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>928.20</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span> (iii A.D.); οἱ ἀποθανόντες ἐσχισμένοις ἐνειλοῦνται ῥάκεσιν ὡς καὶ τὰ βρέφη <span class="bibl">Artem.1.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[part]], [[separate]], [[divide]], <b class="b3">Νεῖλος μέσην Αἴγυπτον σχίζων</b> Hdt.l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">4.49</span>; σ. διχῇ τὸ γένος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>264d</span>; κατὰ μῆκος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>36b</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τὰς φλέβας</b> [[divide]] them, ib.<span class="bibl">77d</span>:—Pass., σχισθέντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>623</span>; φλὲψ σχιζομένη <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>20</span>; ἐσχίσθη ὁ ποταμός <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.75</span>; <b class="b3">Νεῖλος σχίζεται τριφασίας ὁδούς</b> [[branches]] into three channels, <span class="bibl">Id.2.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15</span> (so ὁ λύχνος ἔσχισται διδύμην φλόγα <span class="title">AP</span>12.199 (Strat.)); περὶ ὃ σχίζεται τὸ τοῦ Νείλου ῥεῦμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>21e</span>; σχιζομένης τῆς ὁδοῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.31</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ στρατιὴ ἐσχίζετο</b> the army [[divided]], <span class="bibl">Id.8.34</span>; of a bird's wings (cf. [[σχιζόπτερος]]), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>642b28</span>; of feet divided into toes (cf. [[σχιζόπους]]), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>494a12</span>; and of various parts of the body, ib.<span class="bibl">495b4</span>, <span class="bibl">507a13</span>; [[branch off]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ [τοῦ στελέχους</b>] <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.1.9</span>; φύλλα ἐσχισμένα εἰς έ μοίρας Dsc.4.41. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">σχίζειν γάλα</b> [[make]] milk [[curdle]], i. e. [[separate]] the whey from the curds, Id.2.70; cf. σχίσις 2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of [[divided]] opinions, σφεων ἐσχίζοντο αἱ γνῶμαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.219</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.59</span>; ἐσχίσθησαν ταῖς γνώμαις Gal. 16.728. (Cf. Lat. [[scindo]], Goth. [[skaidan]] 'separate', etc.)</span>