δια-σπάω,
future -σπάσομαι [ᾰ] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 477, “Ec.” 1076, ] Refs 5th c.BC+] also -σπάσω[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist -έσπᾰσα, middle -εσπασάμην[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1126, “Ba.” 339, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -έσπᾰκα [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus “Oxy.” 853i15:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, aorist -εσπάσθην: perfect -έσπασμαι (see. below):—tear asunder, τοὺς ἄνδρας κρεοργηδὸν δ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.13, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus and 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same places], etc.; ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὸ σταύρωμα to break through or tear down the palisade, [[ [prev. author] “HG” 4.4.10 ] Refs]; δ. τὴν γέφυραν, τὸ ἔδαφος, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.55.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; break up, [[ “SIG” 364.10 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, διασπᾶν τὴν σύμπνοιαν τοῦ παντός [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21.λ] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—passive, διέσπασται μελέων φύσις [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 63; τὸ Ἀττικὸν [ἔθνος].. διεσπασμένον ὑπὸ Πεισιστράτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; μόνον οὐ διεσπάσθην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἀπὸ τῶν φίλων to be torn away from.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1386a10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in military sense, separate part of an army from the rest, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of army and fleet, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὰς φάλαγγας break them up, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303b13: ] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, στράτευμα διεσπασμένον an army scattered and in disorder, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.98, compare 7.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a fleet, [[ [prev. author] 8.104; τῷ διεσπάσθαι τὰς δυνάμεις ] Refs]to be widely scattered, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]