δια-σπάω,
future -σπάσομαι [ᾰ] [
Refs 5th c.BC+] also
-σπάσω[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist -έσπᾰσα,
middle -εσπασάμην[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
perfect -έσπᾰκα [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive,
aorist -εσπάσθην:
perfect -έσπασμαι (see. below):—
tear asunder, τοὺς ἄνδρας κρεοργηδὸν δ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὸ σταύρωμα
to break through or
tear down the palisade, [
Refs]; δ. τὴν γέφυραν, τὸ ἔδαφος, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
break up, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
metaphorically, διασπᾶν τὴν σύμπνοιαν τοῦ παντός [
Refs 4th c.AD+]:—
passive, διέσπασται μελέων φύσις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἀπὸ τῶν φίλων
to be torn away from, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) in military sense,
separate part of an army from the rest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of army and fleet, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὰς φάλαγγας
break them
up, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, στράτευμα διεσπασμένον an army
scattered and in disorder, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a fleet, [
Refs]
to be widely scattered, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
metaphorically,
pull different ways, πόλεις
distract states, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διέσπακε τὴν ἱστορίαν
has broken the continuity of the narrative, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive, διασπώμενος
distracted, πρὸς τοσαύτας ὑπηρεσίας [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]