Scaife ATLAS

περιρρήγνυμι and -ύω fut. -ρήξω 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. 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. to break a thing round or on another, to wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν Luc.

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to rend from round

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Headword:

περιρρήγνυμι

Headword (normalized):

περιρρήγνυμι

Headword (normalized/stripped):

περιρρηγνυμι

IDX:

25834

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n25863

Key:

perirrh/gnumi

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