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ἐπικαταρρήγνυμαι

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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120

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.