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