δια-σχίζω,
cleave asunder, sever, ἱστία δέ σφιν.. διέσχισεν ἲς ἀνέμοιο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.71; ἐάν τις ἓν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 97a, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be cloven asunder, νεῦρα διεσχίσθη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.316 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to συγκρίνεσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 893e; θοἰμάτιον δ. [prev. author] “Grg.” 469d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soldiers, to be separated, parted, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be set at variance, διέσχιστο ἡ πόλις [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 6.1: _impersonal_, τούτοις διέσχισται] Refs 2nd c.AD+] they have a cleft, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 475a2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]