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ἐπικαταρρήγνυμαι

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

French (Bailly abrégé)

éclater et tomber sur.
Étymologie: ἐπί, καταρρήγνυμαι.

Greek Monotonic

ἐπικαταρρήγνῠμαι: Παθ., πέφτω ορμητικά, κατέρχομαι με ορμή κάτω, σε Πλούτ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπικαταρρήγνῠμαι: (вслед за чем-л.) обрушиваться (ливнем), низвергаться (ταῖς μάχαις ὑετοὺς ἐ. λέγουσιν Plut.).

Middle Liddell


Pass. to fall violently down, Plut.