tear
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verb transitive
P. and V. καταρρηγνύναι, σπαράσσειν (Plato), Ar. and V. διασπᾶσθαι, καταξαίνειν (also Xen.), διασπαράσσειν, V. σπᾶν, ῥηγνύναι. (rare P. uncompounded), κνάπτειν, ἀρταμεῖν, διαρταμεῖν.
tear in pieces: V. διαφέρω, διαφέρειν, Ar. and V. διαφορεῖν.
he shall not tear you from your purpose: V. οὐ… σε… παρασπάσει γνώμης (Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 1185).
pluck (deprive of feathers etc.): Ar. and V. τίλλειν, Ar. ἀποτίλλειν.
snatch: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, συναρπάζειν, V. καθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
tear away: P. and V. ἀποσπᾶν, ἀφέλκειν, V. ἀποσπαράσσειν.
so that they could hardly tear themselves away: P. ὥστε… μὴ ῥᾳδίως ἀφορμᾶσθαι (Thuc. 7, 75).
tear (one's clothes): P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (acc.) (rare P.).
be torn (of clothes): V. στημορραγεῖν, Ar. παραρρήγνυσθαι.
tear down: P. and V. ἀνασπᾶν, κατασπᾶν.
tear down the roof: Ar. τὸ τέγος κατάσκαπτε (Nub. 1488).
tear (one's hair): V. σπᾶν (acc.).
tear off: P. and V. ἀποσπᾶν, ἀφέλκειν, V. ἀποσπαράσσειν, P. περιρρηγνύναι.
snatch off: P. and V. ἀφαρπάζειν.
tear open: P. and V. ἀναρρηγνύναι; see break open.
tear out: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν, Ar. and V. ἐκσπᾶν.
I will tear out your entrails: Ar. ἐξαρπάσομαι σου… τἄντερα (Eq. 708).
tear up: P. and V. ἀνασπᾶν, V. ἐξανασπᾶν, ἀνασπαράσσειν.
uproot: P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.
Met., destroy: P. and V. καθαιρεῖν.
torn, tattered, adj.: P. ῥαγείς (Xen.), V. τρυχηρός, Ar. and V. δυσπινής.
torn by dogs: V. κυνοσπάρακτος.
torn remains: V. σπαράγματα, τά.
rent, broken: V. διχορραγής, διαρρώξ.
be torn with (emotions): use P. and V. ταράσσεσθαι (dat.), συνταράσσεσθαι (dat.).
torn into raw pieces: Ar. ὠμοσπάρακτος.
verb intransitive
See rush.
substantive
rent: Ar. and V. λακίς, ἡ. P. and V. δάκρυ, τό, δάκρυον, τό (Plato, Tim. 83D, rare P.).
tears, weeping: Ar. and V. κλαύματα, τά, V. δακρύματα, τά, or use V. πηγή, ἡ, νοτίς, ἡ.
a shower of tears bedimming the eyes: V. ὀφθαλμότεγκτος πλημμυρίς, ἡ.
shed tears, v.: P. and V. δακρύειν, κλάειν (Dem. 431), V. ἐκδακρύειν, δακρυρροεῖν.
tears of joy steal from my eyes: V. γεγηθὸς ἕρπει δάκρυον ὀμμάτων ἄπο (Sophocles, Electra 1231).
without a tear or a groan: V. ἄκλαυστος ἀστένακτος (Euripides, Alcibiades 173).
do your work without lamentation and tears if you be really son of mine: V. ἀστένακτος κἀδάκρυτος εἴπερ εἶ τοῦδ' ἀνδρὸς ἔρξον (Sophocles, Trachiniae 1200).
to pass no day without tears: P. μηδεμίαν ἡμέραν ἀδάκρυτος διάγειν (Isocrates 391).
Translations
noun (when crying)
Afar: ximo; Afrikaans: traan; Ahom: 𑜃𑜪 𑜄𑜡; Aklanon: euha; Albanian: lot; Amharic: ዕምባ, እንባ; Arabic: دَمْع, دَمْعَة; Archi: набхъ; Armenian: արցունք, արտասուք; Aromanian: lacãrmã, lacrimã; Assamese: চকুপানী, চকুলো, লো; Asturian: llárima, llágrima; Avar: магӏу; Azerbaijani: göz yaşı; Bakhtiari: هرس; Bashkir: йәш; Basque: negar, malko; Belarusian: сляза; Bengali: অশ্রু, আঁখিজল; Bhojpuri: आँसू; Bikol Central: luha; Breton: daerenn; Bulgarian: сълза; Burmese: မျက်ရည်; Catalan: llàgrima; Cebuano: luha; Chechen: бӏаьрхи; Chinese Cantonese: 眼淚, 眼泪; Dungan: нянлуй; Hokkien: 目屎, 珠淚, 珠泪; Mandarin: 淚, 泪, 眼淚, 眼泪; Wu: 眼泪水; Chukchi: мэрэмэр, мэрэт; Chuvash: куҫ-ҫуль; Cornish: dager; Crimean Tatar: közyaş; Czech: slza; Danish: tåre; Dhivehi: ކަރުނަ; Dutch: traan; Elfdalian: tår; Esperanto: larmo; Estonian: pisar; Faroese: tár; Fijian: wai ni mata; Finnish: kyynel; French: larme; Friulian: lagrime; Galician: bágoa, bagulla; Georgian: ცრემლი; German: Träne, Zähre; Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂; Greek: δάκρυ; Ancient Greek: δάκρυ, δάκρυον, δάκρυμα; Greenlandic: qulleq; Guaraní: tesay; Gujarati: આંસુ, અશ્રુ; Haitian Creole: dlo; Hebrew: דִּמְעָה; Higaonon: luha; Hindi: आँसू; Hittite: 𒅖𒄩𒀪𒊒; Hungarian: könny; Hunzib: ма̇къу; Iban: ai mata; Icelandic: tár; Ido: lakrimo; Indonesian: air mata; Ingrian: kyynel, pisar; Interlingua: lacrima; Iranun: lu; Irish: deoir; Old Irish: dér; Istriot: lagrama; Italian: lacrima; Japanese: 涙; Javanese: luh, waspa; Kannada: ತುಂಡು; Kazakh: көз жасы, жас; Khmer: ទឹកភ្នែក, អស្សុ; Khvarshi: мукъу; Kikuyu: rĩithori; Korean: 눈물; Middle Korean: 누ᇈ믈, 누ᇇ믈; Kumzari: خَرس; Kurdish Central Kurdish: فرمێسک; Northern Kurdish: hêsir; Kyrgyz: көз жаш, жаш; Lak: макь; Lao: ຍົມ, ຍົມມະນາ, ຊົນລະນາ; Latgalian: osora; Latin Classical: lacrima; Pre-Classical: dacruma; Latvian: asara; Lezgi: нагъв; Lithuanian: ãšara; Low German: Traan; Lun Bawang: abpa mateh; Luxembourgish: Tréin; Macedonian: солза; Malay Jawi: اءير مات; Rumi: air mata; Malayalam: കണ്ണുനീർ, കണ്ണീർ, അശ്രു; Maltese: demgħa; Mansaka: lowa; Maori: roimata, waikamo; Maranao: lo'; Marwari: आंहू; Mazanderani: اسری; Mongolian Cyrillic: нулимс; Nahuatl: ixayotl; Classical: īxāyōtl, īxxāyōtl; Neapolitan: lacrema; Ngazidja Comorian: tsozi; Northern Sami: ganjal; Norwegian: tårer; Bokmål: tåre; Nynorsk: tåra; Occitan: lagrema; Odia: ଅଶ୍ରୁ; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: сльза; Old East Slavic: сльза; Old English: tēar; Old Javanese: luh; Old Norse: tár, brúdǫgg, bráregn, skúrir; Oromo: immimamaan; Paiwan: ruseq; Pali: assu; Papiamentu: lágrima; Pashto: اوښکه; Persian: اشک, ارس; Plautdietsch: Tron; Polabian: slåză; Polish: łza; Portuguese: lágrima; Quechua: wiqi, wigi; Romanian: lacrimă; Romansch: larma; Russian: слеза; Sabu: ei na mada; Saho: dhiimo; Sanskrit: अश्रु; Sardinian: làcrima, làgrima, làmigra; Scottish Gaelic: deur; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: су̏за; Roman: sȕza; Sicilian: làcrima, làgrima, làrima, larma, lasma; Sinhalese: කඳුළු, බපප, අස්සු; Slovak: slza; Slovene: solza; Somali: ilmo; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: łdza; Upper Sorbian: sylza; Southern Altai: јаш, кӧс јажы; Spanish: lágrima; Swahili: chozi; Swedish: tår; Tae': wai mata; Tagalog: luha or; Tajik: aшк, ашқ, сиришқ; Tamil: கண்ணீர்; Tarifit: ameṭṭa; Tatar: күз яше, яшь; Tausug: luha; Telugu: కన్నీటి బొట్టు; Tetum: luun, luu-been, matan-been; Thai: น้ำตา; Tibetan: མིག་ཆུ; Tigrinya: ንብዓት; Tocharian A: ākär; Tocharian B: akrūna; Tok Pisin: aiwara; Turkish: gözyaşı; Turkmen: gözýaş; Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎎𐎓𐎚; Ukrainian: сльоза; Urdu: آنسو; Uyghur: ياش; Uzbek: koʻz yoshi; Venetan: łàgrema, làgrema; Vietnamese: nước mắt; Waray-Waray: luha; Welsh: deigryn; Yakut: харах уута; Yiddish: טרער; Zhuang: raemxda
