ἀπό-σπασμα, ατος, τό,
that which is torn off, a piece, rag, shred, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; branch, division of a tribe, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.5.12, compare 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 57] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, a detached portion or particle, ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος ἀ. τὸ σπέρμα[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 329, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.36, Chrysipp.[prev. work]2.191, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.119; μύθου 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 17. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 avulsion, tearing apart of bones, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 23, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).887.] Refs 5th c.BC+]