περισχίζω

A. slit and tear off, ἐσθῆτα Plu. Cic. 36, Luc. DMeretr. 8.1 ; κιτῶνα BGU 22.16 (ii A. D.); slit open, Arist. HA 550a30 :—Pass., π. τῷ μετώπῳ κόμη Poll. 2.25.

II. Pass., of a river, περισχίζεσθαι τὸν χῶρον to split round a piece of land, i.e. divide into two branches and surround it, Hdt. 9.51 ; π. περὶ τὸ χωρίον Plb. 3.42.7, etc.: abs., of a stream of men, part and go different ways, περιεσχίζοντο ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν Pl. Prt. 315b ; of light, αὐγὴ πολλαχοῦ π. Plu. 2.407e, cf. Thphr. Ign. 52 ; of sound, Sch.Poll. 2.116.

III. strip of all his clothes, τινα Arr. Epict. 1.25.30.