διαρρήγνυμι

diarregnymi

break through

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 4
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Book VI 3
Chapter 13 567a17–568a10

567b23

Chapter 17 570a25–571b2

571a3
571a7
Book IX 1
Chapter 39 622b27–623b4

623a18
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 755a6–35

755a32
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 165 846b18–21

846b21
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

810a33

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαρρήγνυμι, A. break through, Hom. only in Med., διά τε ῥήξασθαι ἐπάλξεις Il. 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 χορδάς Pl. Phd. 86a:—Pass., burst, as with eating, X. Cyr. 8.2.21, Anaxil. 25, Phoenicid. 3, etc.; δ. μυρίων ἀγαθῶν Men. 10D.; with passion, διαρραγήσομαι Ar. Eq. 340; ὑπὸ φθόνου Luc. Tim. 40; οὐδʼ ἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς ψευδόμενος D. 18.21, cf. 87; διαρραγείης, as a curse, ‘split you!ʼ Ar. Av. 2, etc.: pf. διέρρωγα to be broken or torn, διερρωγυιῶν τῶν χορδῶν Pl. Phd. l. c.; ἀκεσαμένη τὸ διερρωγός Arist. HA 623a18; ὑπόδημα δ. Plu. 2.82b: later pf. part. Pass. διερρηγμένος Jul. Or. 2.64c.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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