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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[cut in two]], [[cut through]], διὰ δέρην ἔκοψε μέσσην Anacr.80, cf. Th.2.4, X.''An.''7.1.17, etc.; [[χῶμα]] Wilcken ''Chr.''11 ''B''6 (ii B.C.); ἰσθμόν Str.1.3.18; [[gash]], σκέλος Men.''Georg.''48:—Pass., [[receive a gash]], Hp.''Aph.''6.18, al., Plb.2.30.7; so [[διακέκοπται]] of [[base]] [[coin]] which had a [[hole]] [[drill]]ed in it, Suid.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[break through]] the enemy's [[line]], δ. τάξιν X.''An.''1.8.10; τὴν φάλαγγα Plu.''Pyrrh.''7; [[τεῖχος]] Aen. Tact.32.7: abs., [[break through]] the enemy's line, X.''HG''7.5.23, etc.; διακεκοφότας πρὸς τὰς εἰσόδους Id.''Cyr.''3.3.66; so, of a weapon, δ. ἄχρι τοῦ διελθεῖν Luc.''Nigr.''37: metaph. of a remedy, [[have decisive effect]], ''SIG''1170.16 (Epid.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[break off]], [[interrupt]], τὴν περίοδον Arist.''Rh.''1409b9 (Pass.); δ. τὰς διαλύσεις Plb.1.69.5; συνθήκας Id.18.42.3; [[ἑορτήν]], [[ῥῆσιν]], Luc.''Lex.''11, ''Dom.''14; ὕπνον Ael.''NA''3.37:— Pass., of the pulse, Gal.8.459; also, to [[be checked]], τὰ πρὸς ἑταίρας δ. σωφρονισμοῖς Plu.2.712c; [[διακέκομμαι τὸ στόμα]] = [[I am struck dumb]], Men.''Sam.''334.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[refute]], in Pass., Phld.''Sign.''11.