The corpus record

κατα-σχίζω

kataschizo

cleave asunder, split, slit

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Where it lives

Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Against Midias 1 · 0.67/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

κατα-σχίζω · kata-schizō — LSJ

cleave asunder, split, slit, burst, open, tear, branch

cleave asunder, split, slit, Ar. V. 239, cj. in Hp. Mochl. 36 (Pass.); κ. τὰς πύλας, τὰς θύρας, burst them open, X. l.c., D. 21.79; tear, τοὺς χιτωνίσκους Phld. Ir. p.39 W.: —Med., κατεσχίσω τὸ ῥάκος Ar. Ra. 405 (lyr.):—Pass., of nerves or veins, branch, Gal. 2.390, 8.65; of leaves, Dsc. 2.130.

In the wild

κατεσχίσω · kateschisō Aristophanes, Frogs 405–409
κατασχίσαντες · kataschisantes Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 191)
κατέσχισαν · kateschisan Demosthenes, Against Midias 79 (DIORISIS sentence 232)
κατασχίσαντες · kataschisantes Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 1
κατασχίσειν · kataschisein Xenophon, Anabasis 7.1.16 (DIORISIS sentence 3106)

Where it came from

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