τεμαχίζω

A. cut up fish for salting, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.19, Gal. 6.728 (Pass.): metaph., slice up, τὴν πραγματείαν Plu. 2.837e; cut to ribbons, μεληδὸν τὸν νόμον Porph. Chr. 31; τ. τὴν ἀπόδειξιν Them. in APo. 14.7; cut up fruit, Paul.Aeg. 7.11 (Pass.).