ἀπορρήγνυμι: Difference between revisions

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