σπαθοκομμένο

altan

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Is σπαθοκομμένο a compound form of σπασμένοσ (or σπαθί) and κομμένος?

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daeman

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σπαθοκομμένο: σπαθί + κομμένο = cut by a sword (like the Gordian Knot of legend was), here "as if cut with a sword" for the sky slashed "by lightning" as Kazantzakis wrote for the El Greco painting View of Toledo:

 
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