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διακοπή

diakope · ἡ

gash, cleft

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διακοπή · diakopē — LSJ

gash, cleft, deep-seated wound, severance

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.

b rupture

rupture of a blood-vessel, Gal. 19.457.

II cutting, canal, narrow channel, passage

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.

III divorce

divorce, Sm. De. 24.3(1).

IV breach, rupture, quarrel

metaph., breach, rupture, quarrel, LXX Jd. 21.15: pl., δ. φίλων Vett.Val. 3.2.

V refutation

refutation, λόγων Phld. Rh. 1.11 S., al.

VI intermission

intermission, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 6.20.19.

VII tmesis

Gramm., tmesis, Charis. p.275 K.

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