πολυσχιδής

A. split into many parts, ἁπλῷ τρόπῳ καὶ μὴ πολυσχιδέϊ by a single and not a splintered fracture, Hp. Fract. 24; λώβῃσι πολυσχιδέεσσι λυθέντα, of a wreck, Opp. H. 4.409.

2. much-cloven, opp. ἀσχιδής, of certain figs, Arist. Pr. 930b33; of a deer's antlers, branching, Id. HA 517a24, cf. PA 663a10; of the lungs, Id. HA 495b1; of leaves, Thphr. HP 3.12.5; καυλοί Dsc. 2.185; of a mountain range, Str. 11.12.1; ἀτραποί Plu. 2.969b; of the Nile, Opp. C. 2.85, cf. Lib. Or. 61.18.

3. of the hand, cloven into fingers, Arist. PA 687b7; of the foot, into toes, ib.690b6: hence τὰ π. animals that have toes, not hoofs, Id. HA 497b20, 499b7, 502b34; esp. of birds, ib.504a6.

4. generally, much divided, γνῶμαι S.E. M. 7.349; ἔμφασις Iamb. VP 29.161; ψεῦδος Id. Protr. 21 κ/; complex, Ammon. in Cat. 66.9. Adv. ‐δῶς Ph. 1.31.