Aristotle Greek Lexicon περιρρήγνυμι

περιρρήγνυμι

perirregnymi

break off all round

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

περιρρήγνυμι and περιρρηγνύω (Plu. Publ. 6), A. break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ Pl. Criti. 113d : freq. of clothes, rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον D. 19.197 ; τὴν χλαμύδα Plb. 15.33.4 : also c. acc. pers., strip, Parth. 15.3 :—Med., περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off her own garments, Plu. Ant. 77, cf. Ph. 2.44 : abs., J. AJ 9.7.3, Arr. An. 7.24.3, D.Chr. 35.9 ; [γυναῖκες], περιερρηγμέναι Id. 46.12 :—Pass., with aor. 2 -ερράγην, intr. pf. περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων A. Th. 328 (lyr.); of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος Arist. HA 551a23, cf. 552a6 ; περιερρωγέναι τὸ ὄστρακον ib. 601a13 (so in Act., ἡ σχάδων . . τὸν ὑμένα περιρρήξας (sic) ἐκπέταται ib. 554a30.—Med., τὰ ζῷα τὰ ἐκ τῶν σκωλήκων περιρρηγνύμενα ib.552a9); πέτρα περιρραγεῖσα ib.578b22 ; of dead flesh, break away, Hp. Fract. 26. II. cause a stream to break or divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε Isoc. 11.31 :—Pass., τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος Hdt. 2.16, cf. Ael. NA 7.24 ; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο kept breaking round a place, Plu. Crass. 19. III. break a thing round or on another, wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν Luc. Merc.Cond. 2, cf. Poll. 1.114 ; ἀλλήλοισι π. ἀέλλας Q.S. 8.61. IV. ὄρος περιερρωγός broken all round, i.e. precipitous, Nic.Dam. 1 J.

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