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διαρρήγνυ_μι ,
A.break through, Hom. only in Med., “διά τε ῥήξασθαι ἐπάλξειςIl.12.308; διαρρήξασα χαλινόν having broken the bridle asunder, Thgn.259; μόγις ἂν . . διαρρήξειας [τὴν κεφαλήν] Hdt.3.12; πλευρὰν διαρρήξαντα . . φασγάνῳ having cloven it, S.Aj.834; “δ. τὰς χορδάςPl.Phd.86a:—Pass., burst, as with eating, X.Cyr.8.2.21, Anaxil.25, Phoenicid.3, etc.; “δ. μυρίων ἀγαθῶνMen.10D.; with passion, “διαρραγήσομαιAr.Eq.340; “ὑπὸ φθόνουLuc.Tim.40; “οὐδ᾽ ἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς ψευδόμενοςD.18.21, cf. 87; διαρραγείης, as a curse, 'split you!' Ar.Av.2, etc.: pf. διέρρωγα to be broken or torn,διερρωγυιῶν τῶν χορδῶνPl.Phd. l. c.; “ἀκεσαμένη τὸ διερρωγόςArist.HA623a18; “ὑπόδημα δ.Plu.2.82b: later pf. part. Pass. “διερρηγμένοςJul.Or.2.64c.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 2
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 340
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 21
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.12
    • Homer, Iliad, 12.308
    • Plato, Phaedo, 86a
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 834
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.2.21
    • Lucian, Timon, 40
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