ἀπορρηγνύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ἀπορρήγνυμι]] or [[ἀπορρηγνύω]], <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[break off]], δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας <span class="bibl">Il.6.507</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.32</span>; ἧκε δ' ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος <span class="bibl">Od.9.481</span>; [[πνεῦμ' ἀπέρρηξεν βίου]] = [[snap the thread of life]], [[die]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>507</span>; [[ἀπορρήγνυμι πνεῦμα]], [[βίον]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>864</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>974</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>756</span>; ἀπορρήγνυμι ψυχήν <span class="title">AP</span>7.313; τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἀπορρήγνυμι ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν Μεγαρέων πόλεως <span class="bibl">Th.4.69</span>; [[ἀπορρήγνυμι τῆς εἰρήνης τὴν ξυμμαχίαν]], a phrase of D. censured by <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.72</span>; ἀπορρήγνυμι πάνυ τείνουσαι τὸ καλῴδιον <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">DMeretr.</span>3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> causal, [[ἀπορρήγνυμι τὸν θυμόν]] = [[let one's rage burst forth]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>9.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>43</span>; [[burst out with a remark]], <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>2.81</span>: —Pass., πόλεμος . . ἀπερρήγνυτο ἐς ἔργον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Syr.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[ἀπορρήγνυμι ἑαυτόν τινος]] = [[tear oneself away]], [[break away]] from, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>27</span>; τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπιτηδευμάτων <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>10.3.1</span>; [[deprive]], τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τῆς βασιλικῆς ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.23.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., freq. in aor. [[ἀπερράγην]] [ᾰ] <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.19</span>,etc.:pf. [[ἀπέρρηγμαι]] <span class="bibl">Ph.2.510</span>; but 3sg. [[ἀπορέρηκται]] Gal. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 46.21.22</span>:—to [[be broken off]] or [[be severed from]], ἀπό τινος Hdt.l.c., ib.<span class="bibl">37</span>: abs., to [[be broken off]], [[be severed]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.10</span>, etc.; [[break away from]] one's allegiance, [[rebel]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.14.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Act., pf. [[ἀπέρρωγα]] in Pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Archil.47</span>, etc.; [[φωνὴ ἀπερρωγυῖα]] a [[broken voice]], Hp. Acut.(Sp.)10, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Aud.</span>804b20</span>; [[ἀπερρωγώς]] = [[broken in character]], [[dissolute]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pseudol.</span>17</span>; οἵ γε μὴ τελέως -ότες Muson.<span class="title">Fr.</span>12p.64H.; [[absurd]], <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.165</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr. in aor. 1 Act., ἀπορρήξας ἀπὸ δεσμῶν <span class="title">AP</span>9.240 (Phil.); κακὸν ἀπέρρηξε <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Abd.</span>6</span>.</span>