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|mdlsjtxt=and -ύω fut. -ρήξω<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[break]] [[down]], τὴν γέφυραν Hdt.; μέλαθρα Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[tear]] in pieces, [[rend]], Dem.:—Mid., κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας they [[rent]] [[their]] coats, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in Soph. Ant. 675 τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι [ἡ [[ἀναρχία]] breaks up armies and turns them to [[flight]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Pass., aor2 κατερράγην [ᾰ], with perf. act. κατέρρωγα;— to be [[broken]] [[down]], to be thrown [[down]] and [[broken]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[fall]] or [[rush]] [[down]], to [[break]] or [[burst]] out, of storms, Hdt.; of tears, Eur.:—metaph., ὁ [[πόλεμος]] κατερράγη Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to be [[broken]] in pieces, [[Αἴγυπτος]] μελάγγαιός τε καὶ κατερρηγμένη with [[black]] and [[crumbling]] [[soil]], Hdt.<br />B. [[καταράσσω]] [[attic]] -ττω fut. ξω<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[dash]] [[down]], [[break]] in pieces, τοὺς λοιπούς κατήραξεν ἐς τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα [[drove]] them shattered to Cithaerae, Hdt.; τὸ [[στράτευμα]] κατηράχθη εἰς τὰ τειχίσματα Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> intr. to [[fall]] [[down]], [[fall]] [[headlong]], Plut.