crack
From LSJ
Ἰσχυρότερον δέ γ' οὐδέν ἐστι τοῦ λόγου → Oratione nulla vis superior → Nichts ist gewiss gewaltiger als die Vernunft | Nichts ist gewiss gewalt'ger als der Rede Kraft
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 (Eur., 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.
