crack
From LSJ
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
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 (Euripides, 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.