διασπάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-σπάσομαι</b> [ᾰ] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>477</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>1076</span>, also <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -σπάσω <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.236</span>: aor. <b class="b3">-έσπᾰσα</b>, Med. -εσπασάμην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1126</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>339</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>68</span>: pf. <b class="b3">-έσπᾰκα</b> Sch.Th.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>853i15:—Pass., aor. <b class="b3">-εσπάσθην</b>: pf. <b class="b3">-έσπασμαι</b> (v. infr.):—[[tear asunder]], τοὺς ἄνδρας κρεοργηδὸν δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.13</span>, cf. E. and Ar. ll. cc., etc.; ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα δ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.45</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὸ σταύρωμα</b> [[to break through]] or [[tear down]] the palisade, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.10</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὴν γέφυραν, τὸ ἔδαφος</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.55.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Cam.</span>5</span>; [[break up]], <span class="title">SIG</span>364.10 (Ephesus, iii B. C.): metaph., διασπᾶν τὴν σύμπνοιαν τοῦ παντός <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Protr.</span>21</span>. [[λ]]:—Pass., διέσπασται μελέων φύσις <span class="bibl">Emp.63</span>; τὸ Ἀττικὸν [ἔθνος]… διεσπασμένον ὑπὸ Πεισιστράτου <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.59</span>; μόνον οὐ διεσπάσθην <span class="bibl">D.5.5</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἀπὸ τῶν φίλων</b> to [[be torn away]] from... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1386a10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in military sense, [[separate]] part of an army from the rest, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.19</span>; of army and fleet, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.236</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τὰς φάλαγγας</b> [[break]] them [[up]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1303b13</span>: —Pass., <b class="b3">στράτευμα διεσπασμένον</b> an army [[scattered and in disorder]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.44</span>; of a fleet, <span class="bibl">Id.8.104</span>; τῷ διεσπάσθαι τὰς δυνάμεις to [[be widely scattered]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.5.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[pull different ways]], [[πόλεις]] [[distract]] states, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>875a</span>; τὰς πολιτείας <span class="bibl">D.4.48</span>; τοὺς νόμους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.5.25</span>; <b class="b3">διέσπακε τὴν ἱστορίαν</b> [[has broken the continuity of]] the narrative, Sch.Th. l. c.:—Pass., [[διασπώμενος]] [[distracted]], πρὸς τοσαύτας ὑπηρεσίας <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>24.1</span>; ὑπὸ τῶν λόγων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Icar.</span>23</span>.</span>