καταρρήγνυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and καταρρηγνύω, fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ρήξω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>864</span>: late pf. κατέρρηχα <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>2.125b10 (ii A. D.):—[[break down]], τὴν γέφυραν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.201</span>; μέλαθρα E. [[l.c.]] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[tear in pieces]], [[rend]], κατερρήγνυε… τὰ ἱμάτια <span class="bibl">D. 21.63</span>; τὸ διάδημα <span class="bibl">D.S.19.34</span>; τὴν ἐσθῆτα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>36</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας</b> they [[rent their]] coats, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.99</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.13</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι</b>[<b class="b3">ἡ ἀναρχία</b>] [[breaks up]] armies [[and turns them to]] flight, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>675</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">κ. τινῶν γέλωτας</b> [[make]] them [[burst out]] laughing, <span class="bibl">Ath.4.130c</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., especially in aor. [[κατερράγην]][ᾰ], with pf. Act. [[κατέρρωγα]]:—to [[be broken down]], κρημνοὶ καταρρηγνύμενοι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span>; <b class="b3">καταρρήγνυσθαι ἐπὶ γῆν</b> to [[be thrown down and broken]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.111</span>; τὸ οἴκημα κατερράγη <span class="bibl">Th.4.115</span>; ἄκρας κατερρωγυίας εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν <span class="bibl">Str.5.2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fall]], [[rush down]], of storms, waterfalls, etc., Hp.Aër.8; [[break]] or [[burst out]], Χειμὼν κατερράγη <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.87</span>; ὄμβροι καταρραγέντες <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>400a26</span>; of tears, ἐξ ὀμμάτων πηγαὶ κατερρώγασι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1068</span>: c. gen., τοῦ ῥεύματος -ρρηγνυμένου τῶν ὀρῶν <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>6.23</span> (also intr. in Act., of a river, -ρρηγνὺς ἐς τὴν θάλατταν <span class="bibl">3.52</span>); of wind, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>16</span>: metaph., ὁ πόλεμος κατερράγη <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>644</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>528</span>; γέλως <span class="bibl">Ph.2.528</span>; κρότος <span class="bibl">Plb.18.46.9</span> (but κατερρήγνυτο πᾶς ὁ τόπος ὑπὸ τοῦ κρότου <span class="bibl">15.32.9</span>); βροντή Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>2.35. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> to [[be broken in pieces]], <b class="b3">Αἴγυπτος μελάγγαιός τε καὶ καταρρηγνυμένη</b> [[with comminuted]], [[crumbling soil]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.12</span>; γῆ κατερρωγυῖα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>556a5</span>; to [[be ruinous]], ὅσα κατέρρωγεν τοῦ τείχους <span class="title">IG</span>22.463.75. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Medic., [[have a violent discharge]], [[suffer from diarrhoea]], καταρρήγνυται ἡ κοιλίη <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>10</span>, cf. [[καταρράσσω]] ''ΙΙ''; of persons, κατερρήγνυντο τὰς γαστέρας <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>54</span>; ἢν μὴ φῦσαι -ρραγέωσιν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.73</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of menstruation, <b class="b3">τοῖς θήλεσιν… τὰ καταμήνια κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>581b1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of tumours, [[break]], [[burst]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>613</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span> 6.8.18</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> of parts of the body, [[fall in]], [[collapse]], <b class="b3">οἵ τε μαζοὶ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα μέλεα κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nat.Puer.</span>30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>1.1</span>; <b class="b3">κατερρωγότα τὰ στέρνα</b> ([[ἔχων]]) [[flat]]-chested, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>6.198a</span>; of the lips or tongue, to [[be fissured]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.10.27.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Aët.5.118</span>.</span>