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