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|Definition=εως, ἡ, Aeol. ϝρῆξις <span class="bibl">Alc.149</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">breaking, bursting</b>, φλεβίου <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.78</span>; sc. ὀστέου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VC</span>12</span>; πλευμόνων Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.28 W. (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐμπύρους τ' ἀκμὰς ῥήξεις τε</b>, i.e. both the pointed flames and the <b class="b2">broken</b> (the former a good omen, the latter bad), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1256</span>; κατὰ ῥῆξιν νέφους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>394b17</span>, cf. <span class="title">Stoic.</span>1.34; <b class="b3">ἀέρος ῥ</b>., as the effect of a mighty shout, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Flam.</span>10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">breaking forth</b>, τῶν καταμηνίων <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.28</span> (pl.); αἵματος ῥ. διὰ ῥινῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prog.</span>7</span>; <b class="b2">discharge</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>6.6.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">rent, cleft</b>, Plu.2.935c (pl.); ῥήξεις ἐν τοῖς τείχεσιν <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>84.22</span>.</span>

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