ἀποσχίζω
ἀποσχίζω
to split or cleave off, Od., Eur.
to sever or detach from, τινὰ ἀπό τινος Hdt.:—Pass., ἀποσχισθῆναί τινος to be separated from . . ., Hdt.; of a river, to be parted from the main stream, Hdt.; of a tribe, to be detached from its parent stock, Hdt.
metaph., ἀπ. τινὰ τοῦ λόγου to cut him off from his speech, interrupt him in it, Ar.