περι-σχίζω,
A. slit and tear off, ἐσθῆτα
Plu. Cic. 36
, Luc. DMeretr. 8.1 ; κιτῶνα
BGU 22.16
(ii A. D.);slit open, Arist. HA 550a30 :— Pass. , π. τῷ μετώπῳ κόμη
Poll. 2.25
.
II.
Pass. , of a river,περισχίζεσθαι τὸν χῶρον to split rounda piece of land, i.e.divide into two branches and surroundit, Hdt. 9.51 ; π. περὶ τὸ χωρίον
Plb. 3.42.7
, etc.: abs., of a stream of men,part and go different ways, περιεσχίζοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν
Pl. Prt. 315b
; of light,αὐγὴ πολλαχοῦ π. Plu. 2.407e , cf. Thphr. Ign. 52 ; of sound, Sch. Poll. 2.116 .
III. strip of all his clothes,τινα