slit open so as to let something escape
Ancient Greek word, found 56 times in the texts on Socratos.
Herodotus, Histories 4.30.2: ἀλλʼ ἐπεὰν προσίῃ ἡ ὥρη κυΐσκεσθαι τὰς ἵππους, ἐξελαύνουσι ἐς τοὺς πλησιοχώρους αὐτάς, καὶ ἔπειτά σφι ἐν τῇ τῶν πέλας ἐπιεῖσι τοὺς ὄνους, ἐς οὗ ἂν σχῶσι αἱ ἵπποι ἐν γαστρί· ἔπειτα δὲ ἀπελαύνουσι.
Euripides, The Trojan Women 811: ἔσχασε ποντοπόρον καὶ ναύδετʼ ἀνήψατο πρυμνᾶν
Euripides, The Phoenician Women 454: σχάσον δὲ δεινὸν ὄμμα καὶ θυμοῦ πνοάς·
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