διακοπή · diakopē — LSJ
gash, cleft, as in the skull, Hp. VC 7, Gal. 7.38; deep-seated wound, Id. 18(1).27; διακοπαὶ σωμάτων Plu. Mar. 19; severance of a musical string, Theo Sm. p.71 H.
rupture of a blood-vessel, Gal. 19.457.
cutting or canal through an isthmus or mountain, Str. 1.3.18 (pl.); through a wall or dam, BGU 1188.8 (i B.C.); narrow channel or passage, LXX Jb. 28.4, al., cf. J. AJ 7.4.2.
divorce, Sm. De. 24.3(1).
metaph., breach, rupture, quarrel, LXX Jd. 21.15: pl., δ. φίλων Vett.Val. 3.2.
refutation, λόγων Phld. Rh. 1.11 S., al.
intermission, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 6.20.19.
Gramm., tmesis, Charis. p.275 K.