crack

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

split: P. and V. σχίζειν, τέμνειν, διατέμνειν.

break: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (P. generally compounded), καταρρηγνύναι, καταγνύναι, Ar. and V. θραύειν (Plato but rare P.), V. συνθραύειν.

I have cracked my skull with the blow: τὸ κράνιον παίσας κατέαγα (Euripides, Cyclops 683).

verb intransitive

P. and V. ῥήγνυσθαι, καταρρήγνυσθαι, κατάγνυσθαι, V. ἄγνυσθαι, Ar. and V. θραύεσθαι (also Plato but rare P.), συνθραύεσθαι (also Xen.).

make a noise: P. and V. ψοφεῖν.

substantive

hole: Ar. and P. τρῆμα, τό.

chasm: P. and V. χάσμα, τό.

noise: P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ.