Liddell-Scott-Jones

σχάζω (schazō) to open up ^G:V

σχάζω,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]; also σχάω, infinitive σχᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so imperfect ἔσχων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔσχαζον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]future σχάσω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσχᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, aorist ἐσχασάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+] Comedy texts 32:—passive, 3rd.pers. singular present σχᾶται [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future σχασθήσομαι [LXX]: aorist ἐσχάσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔσχασμαι in plant-name ἐσχασμένη, = {ὀνοβρυχίς}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]

__1 slit open so as to let something escape, οὐκ ἔσχων ἀμελήσας [τὴν γαστέρα] I carelessly forgot to slit the haggis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. φλέβα open a vein, [Refs 5th c.BC+] lance the boil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; frequently also without φλέβα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶτταν bleed it under the tongue, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. τὸν ἀγκῶνα, i.e. bleed in the arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἷμα σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ πρωτόσφακτον ὅρκιον σχάσας slaying the.. victim, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically in passive, to be purged by bleeding, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 open, ἐσχάσαμεν κάλυκας we (roses) have opened our buds, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 let go, σχάσας τὴν φροντίδα letting your mind go, relaxing your thought, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σχάσαντες τὴν ἀγκύλην τοῦ βρόχου slackening, [Refs 7th c.AD+]; σ. τὰς μηχανάς let off the engines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, ἐσχάζετο αὐτόματον [τὸ βέλος] [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; -όμενον παττάλιον (in a mousetrap) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἰ σχασθήσεται παγὶς ἄνευ τοῦ συλλαβεῖν τ; [LXX]; ἔσχαστο ἡ ὕσπληξ the ὕσπληξ (σχαστηρία [Refs] had been let off, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βαλβῖδα μηρίνθου σχάσας, i.e. starting the race, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κἀπὸ γῆς ἐσχάζοσαν ὕσπληγγας were starting off from shore, [Refs]; of the jaw, ἐκπίπτει μὲν γνάθος ὀλιγάκις, σχᾶται μέντοι πολλάκις ἐν χάσμῃσι slips, [Refs 5th c.BC+] accusative to [Refs 7th c.AD+] —also active, of the surgeon, ἐξαπίνης σχάσαι let the jaw slip back into position, let it go, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 relax effort, cease an action, especially rowing, κώπαν σχάσον easy!, i.e. cease rowing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί σιγᾷς γῆρυν ἄφθογγον σχάσα; [Refs 5th c.BC+] I fear he may give up, [Refs 1st c.AD+] —middle, σχασάμενος τὴν ἱππικήν giving up horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 let fall, drop, τὴν οὐράν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεύκης ὀδόντας, i.e. the anchor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; λάθρᾳ κατὰ μηχανὰς σχασθέντων τῶν φραγμάτων Hippoloch. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__6 cause to collapse, θάλαμον σχάσε μῆνις [Refs 1st c.AD+]; σχάσας.. ἐν πέδῳ γόνυ, i.e. kneel down, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive, μήπω σχασθῇ lest the dyke collapse, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__7 metaphorically, cause to collapse or fail, foil, πῦρ.., λεόντων.. ὄνυχας, ἀκμὰν καὶ δεινοτάτων σχάσαις ὀδόντων, of Peleus subduing the metamorphosed Thetis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Amos.3.5 ☩ LXX.Amos.3.5}