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ῥήγνυ_μι or ῥηγ-ύω (
A.ἀναρ-Hp.Flat.10: impf. “κατ-ερρήγνυεD.21.63, etc.); later ῥήσσω , Gal.10.640, Orib.Fr.93, Gloss.; “ῥήσσεσθαιPHolm.6.3, cf. 4.22; ἀπο-, δια-ρρήσσεσθαι, Hp.Int.17,42; ῥήττω , Str.11.14.8, Dsc.4.150 (v.l. ῥήσσει), (περι-) Id.2.98, 3.18 (v.l. περιρρήσσει)“; ῥήττεσθαιBito 45.8, Str.7.3.18: Ep. impf. “ῥήγνυσκεIl.7.141: fut. “ῥήξω12.262, Hdt.2.2, (ἐκ-) S.Aj.775: aor. “ἔρρηξαIl.3.348, Pi.N.8.29, Ar.Nu.960; “ῥῆξαIl.6.6: pf. ἔρρηχα δι-) LXX 2 Ki.14.30, 15.32:—Med. ῥήγνυ^μαι, fut. ῥήξομαι, aor. ἐρρηξάμην, all in Il.12.257, 224,291), pres. also in Hp.VC4,12: aor. “ἐρρηξάμηνE.Heracl.835, (κατ-) X.Cyr.3.1.13; Ep. 3pl. “ῥήξαντοIl.11.90:—Pass., subj. “ῥήγνυ_ταιHippon.19.4: Ep. 3sg. impf. “ῥηγνύατοArat.817: fut. “ῥα^γήσομαιPlu.2.668a, (διαρ-, ἐκ-) Ar.Eq.340, A.Pr.369, etc.: aor. ἐρράγην [α^] S.Fr.578, Ar.Nu.583, etc.; later ἐρρήχθην, Tryph.11; δια-ρρηχθῇ (v.l. -ρραγῇ) Hp.Int.29: pf. ἔρρηγμαι συν-) Od.8.137; but intr. pf. ἔρρωγα is more freq., v. infr. c. 1; pf. part. fem. ἐρρηγεῖα, v. infr. c. 2; masc. pl. “κατ-ερρηγόταςHsch. The word is hardly used by correct Att. Prose-writers, exc. in Pass.:—break asunder, rend, shatter, “τεῖχοςIl.12.198; “πύλας13.124; “σάκος21.165; “θώρηκας2.544; “ἱμάντα3.375; “νευρήν8.328; “ὀστέον20.399; “χρόα23.673; only once in Od., “προτόνους ἔρρηξ᾽ ἀνέμοιο θύελλα12.409:—later, esp. rend garments, in sign of grief, “. πέπλουςA.Pers.199, 468; . ἕλκεα make grievous wounds, Pi.N.8.29; . ὀστᾶ, σάρκας, E.HF994, Ba.1130; “ἀρότροις γῆς δάπεδονAr.Pl.515: in Ion. and later Prose, “ῥήγνυσι . . τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χιτῶναHp.VM19; “ῥήττειν νευράνStr.15.1.57; “τὰ δεσμάLuc.DDeor.17.1; “τὰς πύλαςId.Par.46; “μὴ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶςEv.Matt.7.6:—Med., break for oneself, get broken, “ὄρνυσθ᾽ . . ῥήγνυσθε δὲ τεῖχοςIl.12.440, cf. 224, 257, 291:—Pass., v. infr. B.
3. let break loose, ἔριδα . 20.55 (Med.).
4. after Hom., ῥῆξαι φωνήν let loose the voice, of children and persons who have been dumb or silent, break into speech, speak out, Hdt.1.85, 2.2, 5.93, cf. Ar.Nu.357,960; “ῥῆξαι αὐδήνE.Supp.710; later ῥήξασθαι φωνήν, θρόον αὐδῆς, φθόγγον, utter, AP5.221 (Agath.), 7.597Jul.), 9.61: abs., ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον cry aloud, LXXIs.54.1; v. infr.c.
2. burst forth, like lightning, βροντὴ δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ἀστραπῆςS.Fr.578, Ar.Nu.583, cf. Plu.2.919b; so “καταμηνίων ῥαγέντωνHp.Aph.5.32, cf. Nat.Mul.13, Arist.HA582b10, etc.
3. of ships, to be wrecked, D.56.21: metaph., “πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδωνA.Ag.505.
4. of a stone, γράμματι ῥηγνύμενον scored with lettering, i.e. inscribed, Puchstein Epigr.Gr.p.76 (Memphis, i B.C.).
2. in lit. sense, γῆ ἐρρηγεῖα -υῖα) broken, arable, opp. ἄρρηκτος, Tab.Heracl.1.18,al. (ϝρηγ- (cf. Aeol. aor. Pass. εὐράγη Hdn.Gr.2.640, ϝρῆξις, αὔρηκτος), cogn. with Lith. rēžti 'cut, notch, furrow', rúožas 'stripe, streak, strip'.)
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