δια-σπασμός, ὁ,
tearing in pieces, [[ LXX.Jer.15.3, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 96. ] LXX+1st c.BC+]
__II interruption, interval, in plural, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.129b, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; παντελὴς δ. complete severance, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 74 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]: metaphorically, distraction, τῆς ψυχῆς [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.29 W. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]