περι-σχίζω,
slit and tear off, ἐσθῆτα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 36, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 8.1; κιτῶνα “BGU” 22.16 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; slit open, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550a30 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, π. τῷ μετώπῳ κόμη [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.25. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II passive, of a river, περισχίζεσθαι τὸν χῶρον to split round a piece of land, i.e. divide into two branches and surround it, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.51; π. περὶ τὸ χωρίον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.42.7, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of a stream of men, part and go different ways, περιεσχίζοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of light, αὐγὴ πολλαχοῦ π. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.407e, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 52 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of sound, [[Scholia 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.116. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III strip of all his clothes, τινα [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.25.30. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]