πολυ·σχιδής, ής, ές [ῠῐ]
      1 fendu ou divisé en plusieurs parties, HPC. Fract. 766 ; ARSTT. Probl. 22, 9 ; H.A. 3, 9, 4, etc. ; en parl. d’une ligne de montagnes, STR. 520 ; particul. en parl. de la main divisée en doigts, ARSTT. P.A. 4, 10, 25 ; du pied, ARSTT. P.A. 4, 10, 65 ; τὰ πολυσχιδῆ, ARSTT. H.A. 2, 1, 3, etc. animaux dont les pieds ont des doigts et ne sont pas formés en sabots ;
      2 fig. très divisé d’opinions, SEXT. M. 7, 349 ; JAMBL. V. Pyth. 29.

Étym. π. σχίζω.

ές, (< σχίζω) 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, Oppian. H. 4.409.
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. 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. generally, much divided, γνῶμαι S.E. M. 7.349; ἔμφασις Iamb. VP 29.161; ψεῦδος Id. Protr. 21κ’ ; complex, Ammon. in Cat. 66.9. Adv. -δῶς Ph. 1.31.

ές, vielfach gespalten od. geteilt ; πόδες, Arist. part.anim. 1.3 ; ῥάκος, Luc. merc.cond. 39 ; σανδάλια, bei Ath. VI.259c ; γνῶμαι, S.Emp. adv. math. 7.349.