πρόσχισμα

ατος, τό
A. slit in front (ἐσχισμένον ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν Hsch.), Ar. Fr. 842.
II. the forepart of the shoe, from its being slit, Arist. Rh. 1392a31, Pr. 956b4.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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