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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[properly]] to let [[loose]]: [[hence]] to [[slit]], [[open]], Ar.; σχ. [[φλέβα]] to [[open]] a [[vein]], Xen., etc.:—of flowers, σχ. κάλυκας Anth.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to let [[fall]], [[drop]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to let go, σχάσας τὴν φροντίδα having let the [[mind]] go, given it [[play]], Ar.; σχ. τὰς μηχανάς to let off the engines, Plut.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[check]], [[stop]], [[stay]], Lat. inhibere, κώπαν σχάσον, i. e. [[cease]] [[rowing]], Pind.; σχάσον [[ὄμμα]] [[lower]] [[thine]] eyes, Eur.:—Mid., σχασάμενος τὴν ἱππικήν having dropt one's [[horsemanship]], "given up the [[turf]]," Ar.