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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπορρηγνύναι]], [[καταρρηγνύναι]], [[καταγνύναι]], [[ῥηγνύναι]] ([[prose|P.]] generally compounded), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀγνύναι]].

[[shiver]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συντρίβειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Cyclops]]''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θραύειν]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[συνθραύειν]], [[συναράσσειν]], [[ἐρείκειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[διαθραύειν]] ([[Plato]]); see [[shatter]].

[[transgress]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραβαίνειν]], [[συγχεῖν]], [[ὑπερβαίνειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[λύω]], [[λύειν]], [[ὑπερπηδᾶν]], [[διαλύω]], [[διαλύειν]], [[παρέρχεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπερτρέχειν]], [[παρεξέρχεσθαι]].

[[break]] (the ranks of an [[army]]): [[prose|P.]] [[παραρρηγνύναι]].

[[break]] (a [[seal]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λύω]], [[λύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνιέναι]].

'''verb intransitive''' [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ῥήγνυσθαι]], [[καταρρήγνυσθαι]], [[ἀπορρήγνυσθαι]], [[κατάγνυσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἄγνυσθαι]].

[[be shivered]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θραύεσθαι]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[συνθραύεσθαι]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[διαρραίεσθαι]].

of [[day]], to [[dawn]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποφαίνειν]].

[[the left wing at once broke and fled]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὸ εὐώνυμον κέρας εὐθὺς ἀπερραγὲν ἔφυγε]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 5, 10).

[[when they saw their line broken and not cosily brought into order]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὡς ἑώρων σφίσι τὸ στράτευμα διεσπασμένον τε καὶ οὐ ῥᾳδίως συντασσόμενον]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 6, 98).

[[the ranks broke]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλύθησαν αἱ τάξεις]] ([[Plato]], [[laches]]. 191C).

[[be broken in health]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποθρύπτεσθαι]], [[διαθρύπτεσθαι]].

[[be broken in spirit]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπικλασθῆναι]] (aor. pass. [[ἐπικλᾶν]]), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἡσσᾶσθαι]].

[[have one's collar-bone broken]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὴν κλεῖν κατεαγέναι]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 247).

[[I hove got my head broken]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τὸ κράνιον… κατέαγα]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Cyclops]]'' 683).

[[break one's neck]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐκτραχηλίζεσθαι]].

[[break camp]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀνιστάναι τὸ στρατόπεδον]]; see under [[camp]].

[[break away]], '''verb intransitive''': see [[escape]].

[[break down]], '''verb transitive''': [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθαιρεῖν]]; see [[destroy]].

a [[bridge]]: [[prose|P.]] [[λύω]], [[λύειν]].

'''verb intransitive''' [[fail in strength]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπειπεῖν]], [[προκάμνειν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]); see [[faint]].

[[be unmanned]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπικλασθῆναι]] (aor. pass. [[ἐπικλᾶν]]); see under [[unman]].

[[fall short]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλλείπειν]].

[[fail]], [[not succeed]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[οὐ προχωρεῖν]].

[[break forth]]: see [[break out]].

[[break in]], [[tame]]: [[verse|V.]] [[δαμάζειν]], [[πωλοδαμνεῖν]].

[[be broken in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καταρτύεσθαι]] ([[Plato]]).

[[newly broken in]]: [[verse|V.]] [[νεοζυγής]].

[[break in]], [[interrupt talk]], '''verb intransitive''': [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπολαμβάνειν]].

[[break into]] (of [[attack]]), '''verb transitive''': [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰσβάλλειν]] ([[εἰς]], acc.; [[verse|V.]] also acc. alone), [[εἰσπίπτειν]] ([[εἰς]], acc.; [[verse|V.]] also acc. alone); see [[burst into]].

[[break loose]], v.: see [[escape]].

[[break off]], [[put end to]], '''verb transitive''': [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διαλύω]], [[διαλύειν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λύω]], [[λύειν]]; see [[discontinue]].

[[break short off]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπορρηγνύναι]], [[ἀποκαυλίζειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀνακλᾶν]], [[κατακλᾶν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποθραύειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[συγκλᾶν]].

[[break off]], '''verb intransitive''': use pass. of trans. [[verbs]].

[[cease speaking]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παύεσθαι]]; see [[cease]].

[[break open]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναρρηγνύναι]], [[διαρρηγνύναι]].

a [[seal]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λύω]], [[λύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνιέναι]].

a [[door]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κατασχίζειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[διαπαλύνειν]].

[[break cut]], '''verb intransitive''': see [[escape]].

(Of war) etc.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[συνίστασθαι]], [[καθίστασθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[συνερρωγέναι]] (perf. of [[συρρηγνύναι]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναρρηγνύναι]], [[ἐκρηγνύναι]] (or pass.), [[ἐρρωγέναι]] (perf. of [[ῥηγνύναι]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[καταρρήγνυσθαι]].

[[the plague broke out there too and caused much trouble to the Athenians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιγενομένη ἡ νόσος καὶ ἐνταῦθα δὴ πάνυ ἐπίεσε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 58).

[[break out into eruptions]] (of the [[skin]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἕλκεσιν ἐξανθεῖν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 49; cf. also [[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 1089).

[[break out into]] ([[lamentation]]s, etc.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθίστασθαι]] ([[εἰς]], acc.).

[[break through]], '''verb transitive''': [[prose|P.]] [[διακόπτειν]], a [[wall]], etc. [[prose|P.]] [[διαιρεῖν]].

'''verb intransitive''': see [[escape]].

[[break up]], '''verb transitive''': lit. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διαλύω]], [[διαλύειν]]; see [[destroy]].

a [[meeting]], [[army]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαλύω]], [[διαλύειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λύω]], [[λύειν]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[καταλύω]], [[καταλύειν]].

'''verb intransitive''': [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διαλύεσθαι]].

of a [[meeting]], [[army]], etc.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαλύεσθαι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Iphigenia in Aulis]]'' 495).

[[break with]], [[rid oneself of]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι]] (pass.) (gen.).

[[stand aloof from]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφίστασθαι]] (gen.).

===substantive===

[[pause]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνάπαυλα]], ἡ, [[παῦλα]], ἡ.

[[cessation]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διάλυσις]], ἡ.

[[respite]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναπνοή]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμπνοή]], ἡ.

[[division]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διαφυή]], ἡ.

[[fracture]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ῥῆγμα]], τό, [[κάταγμα]], τό. See also [[gap]].

[[without a break]]: see [[continuously]].
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