sever
From LSJ
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. σχίζειν, ἀποσχίζειν.
separate: P. and V. χωρίζειν; see separate.
break off: Ar. and P. διαλύω, διαλύειν. P. and V. λύω, λύειν.
cut: P. and V. τέμνειν, διατέμνειν; see cut.
cut off: P. and V. τέμνειν, Ar. and P. ἀποτέμνειν, V. θερίζειν, ἀπαμᾶν.
severing the neck from the body: V. τράχηλον σώματος χωρὶς τεμών (Euripides, Bacchae 241).
divide: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν.
be severed from: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.).