δίερσις

εως, ἡ

διείρω

A. drawing through, dub. cj. in Arist. Pr. 915a9 for διαιρέσει: δ. λίνου Aen.Tact. 31.18, cf. Gal. 19.134.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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