σχιςτός

A. cloven, divided, κέλευθος A. Fr. 173; ὁδός S. OT 733, E. Ph. 38; ἄντυξ Id. Rh. 373 (lyr.); λίνον ς. lint, Hp. Nat.Mul. 53 (but cf. 4 infr.); πέρκη ς. a split perch, Antiph. 132; Ἀργεῖαι ς. a kind of women's shoes, Eup. 266; ς. χιτωνίσκος a tunic open at the side, Apollod.Com. 12; without χιτωνίσκος, PSI 4.341.7 (iii B.C.), Schwyzer 462 B 30 (Tanagra, iii B.C.); σχιστὰς ἕλκειν, of a certain dance (cf. σχίσμα IV), Poll. 4.105.

2. clovenhoofed, opp. μῶνυξ, Pl. Plt. 265d; similarly of wings, etc., Arist PA 692b12, etc.

3. ς. γάλα curdled milk (v. σχίζω 1.3), Dsc. 2.70, Gal. 12.292.

4. λίνον ς. fine flax, LXX Is. 19.9.

II. that may be split or cleft, divisible, ς. κατὰ μῆκος Arist. HA 515b15, cf. Mete. 386b26, etc.; ς. λίθος, prob. talc, Dsc. 5.127, cf. 106, etc.; ς. κρόμμυα (v. κρόμμυον 11) Thphr. HP 7.4.7.