I.of clothes, to rend from round one, to rend and tear off, Dem.:—Mid., περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off his own garments, Plut.:—Pass. to be torn off, Aesch.
II.to make a stream break or divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε Isocr.: Pass., κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ τοῦ Δέλτα περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος at the apex of the Delta the Nile is broken round it, i. e. breaks into several branches, Hdt.
