περιρρήγνυμι
perirregnymi
break off all round
Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
περιρρήγνυμι and περιρρηγνύω ( Publ. 6), A. break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ Criti. 113d : freq. of clothes, rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον 19.197 ; τὴν χλαμύδα 15.33.4 : also c. acc. pers., strip, 15.3 :—Med., περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off her own garments, Ant. 77, cf. 2.44 : abs., AJ 9.7.3, An. 7.24.3, 35.9 ; [γυναῖκες], περιερρηγμέναι 46.12 :—Pass., with aor. 2 -ερράγην, intr. pf. περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων Th. 328 (lyr.); of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος 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, Fract. 26. II. cause a stream to break or divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε 11.31 :—Pass., τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος 2.16, cf. NA 7.24 ; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο kept breaking round a place, Crass. 19. III. break a thing round or on another, wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν Merc.Cond. 2, cf. 1.114 ; ἀλλήλοισι π. ἀέλλας 8.61. IV. ὄρος περιερρωγός broken all round, i.e. precipitous, 1
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