διαιρ-έω,
take apart, cleave in twain, divide, διὰ δ᾽ ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.280; παῖδα κατὰ μέλεα διελών 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. λαγόν cut it open, [[[prev. work] 123 ] Refs]; δ. πυλίδα break it open, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.110, 6.51; δ. τὴν ὀροφήν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]tear away, pull down, [[ [prev. author] 4.48; τοὺς σταυρούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τοῦ τείχους take down part of the wall, make a breach in it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ διῃρημένον the breach, [[[prev. work] 76, 5.3 ] Refs]; διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα, of insects, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 556a18; διαιρουμένος τὴν καρδίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II divide, δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians into two parts, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, compare 4.148; δύο μερίδας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.12; δ. τριχῇ ψυχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253c; δ. εἰς τὸ ἐλάχιστον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 440b5; εἰς ὁμοιομερῆ [prev. author] “HA” 486a5 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, divide for themselves, κατ᾽ ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι distributing their ships in small divisions, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα lending an ear to both parties, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 52.4 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; divide among themselves, τιμάς [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 112; τὴν ληΐην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.85; κατὰ πόλεις τὸ ἔργον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19; τἀδικήματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.38: _absolutely_, δ. κατὰ πόλεις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.114:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, διῃρημένοι κατ᾽ ἀναπαύλας divided into relays, [[ [prev. author] 2.75 ] Refs]; διαιρήσομαι as future passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 261c; διῄρητο τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς δύο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]