Is σπαθοκομμένο a compound form of σπασμένοσ (or σπαθί) and κομμένος?
daeman Administrator Staff member Mar 31, 2017 #2 ... 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:
... 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: