ἀπορρήγνυμι: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=or <b class="b3">ἀπορρηγνύω</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">break off</b>, δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας <span class="bibl">Il.6.507</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.32</span>; ἧκε δ' ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος <span class="bibl">Od.9.481</span>; <b class="b3">πνεῦμ' ἀπέρρηξεν βίου</b> <b class="b2">snap the thread</b> of life, <b class="b2">die</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>507</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. πνεῦμα, βίον</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>864</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>974</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>756</span>; ἀ. ψυχήν <span class="title">AP</span>7.313; τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἀ. ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν Μεγαρέων πόλεως <span class="bibl">Th.4.69</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τῆς εἰρήνης τὴν ξυμμαχίαν</b>, a phrase of D. censured by <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.72</span>; ἀ. πάνυ τείνουσαι τὸ καλῴδιον <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">DMeretr.</span>3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> causal, <b class="b3">ἀ. τὸν θυμόν</b> <b class="b2">let</b> one's rage <b class="b2">burst forth</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>9.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>43</span>; <b class="b2">burst out with</b> a remark, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>2.81</span>: —Pass., πόλεμος . . ἀπερρήγνυτο ἐς ἔργον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Syr.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος</b> <b class="b2">tear</b> oneself <b class="b2">away, break away</b> from, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>27</span>; τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπιτηδευμάτων <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>10.3.1</span>; <b class="b2">deprive</b>, τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τῆς βασιλικῆς ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.23.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., freq. in aor. <b class="b3">ἀπερράγην [ᾰ</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.19</span>,etc.:pf. ἀπέρρηγμαι <span class="bibl">Ph.2.510</span>; but 3sg. ἀπορέρηκται Gal. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 46.21.22</span>:—<b class="b2">to be broken off or severed from</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπό τινος</b> Hdt.l.c., ib.<span class="bibl">37</span>: abs., <b class="b2">to be broken off, severed</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.10</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">break away from</b> one's allegiance, <b class="b2">rebel</b>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.14.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Act., pf. <b class="b3">ἀπέρρωγα</b> in Pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Archil.47</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">φωνὴ ἀπερρωγυῖα</b> a <b class="b2">broken</b> voice, Hp. <b class="b2">Acut.(Sp.)</b>10, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Aud.</span>804b20</span>; ἀπερρωγώς <b class="b2">broken in character, dissolute</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pseudol.</span>17</span>; οἵ γε μὴ τελέως -ότες Muson.<span class="title">Fr.</span>12p.64H.; <b class="b2">absurd</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.165</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr. in aor. 1 Act., ἀπορρήξας ἀπὸ δεσμῶν <span class="title">AP</span>9.240 (Phil.); κακὸν ἀπέρρηξε <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Abd.</span>6</span>.</span>

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