καταρρήγνυμι
κατα-ρρήγνῡμι and
κατα-ύω, fut.
A). -ρήξω E. HF 864 : late pf.
κατέρρηχα Arch.Pap. 2.125b10 (ii A. D.):—
break down,
τὴν γέφυραν Hdt. 4.201 ;
μέλαθρα E. l.c.
3). metaph.,
τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι[
ἡ ἀναρχία]
breaks up armies
and turns them to flight,
S. Ant. 675 .
4). κ. τινῶν γέλωτας make them
burst out laughing,
Ath. 4.130c ; cf.
11.2 .
II). Pass., esp. in aor.
κατερράγην [ᾰ], with pf. Act.
κατέρρωγα:—
to be broken down,
κρημνοὶ καταρρηγνύμενοι Hdt. 7.23 ;
καταρρήγνυσθαι ἐπὶ γῆν to be thrown down and broken,
Id. 3.111 ;
τὸ οἴκημα κατερράγη Th. 4.115 ;
ἄκρας κατερρωγυίας εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν Str. 5.2.6 .
2). fall, rush down, of storms, waterfalls, etc.,
Hp. Aër. 8 ;
break or
burst out,
Χειμὼν κατερράγη Hdt. 1.87 ;
ὄμβροι καταρραγέντες Arist. Mu. 400a26 ; of tears,
ἐξ ὀμμάτων πηγαὶ κατερρώγασι E. Alc. 1068 : c. gen.,
τοῦ ῥεύματος -ρρηγνυμένου τῶν ὀρῶν Philostr. VA 6.23 (also intr. in Act., of a river,
-ρρηγνὺς ἐς τὴν θάλατταν 3.52 ); of wind,
Plu. Fab. 16 : metaph.,
ὁ πόλεμος κατερράγη Ar. Eq. 644 , cf.
Ach. 528 ;
γέλως Ph. 2.528 ;
κρότος Plb. 18.46.9 (but
κατερρήγνυτο πᾶς ὁ τόπος ὑπὸ τοῦ κρότου 15.32.9 );
βροντή Luc. VH 2.35 .
3). to be broken in pieces,
Αἴγυπτος μελάγγαιός τε καὶ καταρρηγνυμένη with comminuted, crumbling soil,
Hdt. 2.12 ;
γῆ κατερρωγυῖα Arist. HA 556a5 ;
to be ruinous,
ὅσα κατέρρωγεν τοῦ τείχους IG 22.463.75 .
4). Medic.,
have a violent discharge, suffer from diarrhoea,
καταρρήγνυται ἡ κοιλίη Hp. VM 10 , cf.
καταρράσσω 11 ; of persons,
κατερρήγνυντο τὰς γαστέρας App. Hisp. 54 ;
ἢν μὴ φῦσαι -ρραγέωσιν Hp. Aph. 4.73 .
ShortDef
to break down
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Headword (normalized):
καταρρήγνυμι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καταρρηγνυμι
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κατα-ρρήγνῡμι</span> and <span class="orth greek">κατα-ύω</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ρήξω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:864" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:864/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 864 </a> : late pf. <span class="quote greek">κατέρρηχα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arch.Pap.</span> 2.125b10 </span> (ii A. D.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">break down</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν γέφυραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.201 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέλαθρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tear in pieces, rend</span>, <span class="quote greek">κατερρήγνυε .. τὰ ἱμάτια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.63 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ διάδημα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 19.34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν ἐσθῆτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pisc.</span> 36 </a> :— Med., <span class="foreign greek">κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας</span> they <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rent their</span> coats, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.99 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.1.13 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι</span>[<span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἀναρχία</span>] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breaks up</span> armies <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">and turns them to</span> flight, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:675" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:675/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 675 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κ. τινῶν γέλωτας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make</span> them <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">burst out</span> laughing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:130c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.130c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 4.130c </a>; cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Pass., esp. in aor. <span class="foreign greek">κατερράγην</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span>, with pf. Act. <span class="foreign greek">κατέρρωγα</span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be broken down</span>, <span class="quote greek">κρημνοὶ καταρρηγνύμενοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.23 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">καταρρήγνυσθαι ἐπὶ γῆν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be thrown down and broken</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.111 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ οἴκημα κατερράγη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.115 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρας κατερρωγυίας εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 5.2.6 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall, rush down</span>, of storms, waterfalls, etc., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Aër.</span> <span class="bibl"> 8 </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">break</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">burst out</span>, <span class="quote greek">Χειμὼν κατερράγη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.87 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄμβροι καταρραγέντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 400a26 </a> ; of tears, <span class="quote greek">ἐξ ὀμμάτων πηγαὶ κατερρώγασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1068" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1068/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1068 </a> : c. gen., <span class="quote greek">τοῦ ῥεύματος -ρρηγνυμένου τῶν ὀρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:6:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:6.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VA</span> 6.23 </a> (also intr. in Act., of a river, <span class="quote greek">-ρρηγνὺς ἐς τὴν θάλατταν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:3:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:3.52/canonical-url/"> 3.52 </a> ); of wind, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg013:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fab.</span> 16 </a>: metaph., <span class="quote greek">ὁ πόλεμος κατερράγη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:644" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:644/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 644 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:528" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:528/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 528 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γέλως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:528" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.528/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.528 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κρότος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:46:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:46:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.46.9 </a> (but <span class="quote greek">κατερρήγνυτο πᾶς ὁ τόπος ὑπὸ τοῦ κρότου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:32:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:32:9/canonical-url/"> 15.32.9 </a> ); <span class="quote greek">βροντή</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VH</span> 2.35 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be broken in pieces</span>, <span class="foreign greek">Αἴγυπτος μελάγγαιός τε καὶ καταρρηγνυμένη</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with comminuted, crumbling soil</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γῆ κατερρωγυῖα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:556a:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:556a.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 556a5 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be ruinous</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὅσα κατέρρωγεν τοῦ τείχους</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.463.75 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Medic., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">have a violent discharge, suffer from diarrhoea</span>, <span class="quote greek">καταρρήγνυται ἡ κοιλίη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VM</span> 10 </a> , cf. <span class="quote greek">καταρράσσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> ; of persons, <span class="quote greek">κατερρήγνυντο τὰς γαστέρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hisp.</span> 54 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἢν μὴ φῦσαι -ρραγέωσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 4.73 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of menstruation, <span class="foreign greek">τοῖς θήλεσιν .. τὰ καταμήνια κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:581b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:581b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 581b1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> of tumours, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">break, burst</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:613" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:613/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Coac.</span> 613 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:8:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:8:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 6.8.18 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> of parts of the body, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall in, collapse</span>, <span class="foreign greek">οἵ τε μαζοὶ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα μέλεα κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg024:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg024:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.Puer.</span> 30 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 1.1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατερρωγότα τὰ στέρνα</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ἔχων</span>] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flat</span>-chested, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:6:198a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:6.198a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 6.198a </a>; of the lips or tongue, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be fissured</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antyll.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:10:27:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:10:27:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 10.27.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg005:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg005:118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aët.</span> 5.118 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}