διατέμνειν

From LSJ

μάλα δ' ὦκα θύρηθ' ἔα ἀμφὶς ἐκείνων → very soon I was out, away from them | very soon was out of the water, and away from them

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also διατέμνω): cleave, cut, divide, sever, split, cut through, hack in pieces, hew in pieces, tear asunder