The corpus record

διακλάω

diaklao

break in twain

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Where it lives

Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

δια-κλάω · dia-klaō — LSJ

break in twain

break in twain, τόξα . . χερσὶ διακλάσσας (Ep. for -κλάσας) Il. 5.216.

II practise soft, enervated

Pass., = διαθρύπτομαι, διακλᾶσθαι Ἰωνικῶς practise soft Ionian airs, cj. in Ar. Th. 163; διακεκλασμένος enervated, Luc. Demon. 18; δ. ὄμμα prob. in Zeno Stoic. 1.58; διακλώμενοι ῥυθμοί, opp. ἀνδρώδεις, D.H. Dem. 43, cf. Comp. 17.

In the wild

διακλάσσας · diaklassas Iliad 5.216
διακλῶν · diaklōn Septuaginta, Lamentationes 4 (DIORISIS sentence 68)
διέκλα · diekla Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 3321)

Where it came from

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