Transitively, findere (general term): diffindere (asunder): caedere (with an axe; e.g. lignum): split (part.), fissus (general term, as Suet., Caes., 61, ungula): bisulcus (in two parts = cloven, ungula, pes, lingua). to split a rock, saxum diffindere: to split in the middle, medium secare; ictu findere (with a blow). Intransitively, findi: diffindi. To split (of stones), rumpi in testas.