ἀναρρήγνυμι

ἀναρρήγνυμι( ἀναρρηγνύω App. BC 4.115), A. break up, μή οἱ ὕπερθε γαῖαν ἀναρρήξειε Ποσειδάων Il. 20.63; ἀ. αὔλακας Hdt. 2.14; ἀ. τάφον dig a grave, E. Tr. 1153. 2. break through, break open, τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας Il. 7.461; οἴκων μυχούς E. Hec. 1040; ὑπόνομον Plb. 5.71.9; ἐργαστήρια Plu. Pel. 12:—Pass., νῆες ἀναρραγεῖσαι τὰς παρεξειρεσίας Th. 7.34. 3. tear open a carcase, of lions, Il. 18.582; of hounds, X. Cyn. 7.9; of Ajax, δίχα ἀνερρήγνυ was cleaving them asunder, S. Aj. 236. II. make to break forth, λόγον Pi. Fr. 180; ἔπη Ar. Eq. 626; νεῖκος Theoc. 22.172; πόλιν make it break out, excite greatly, Plu. Flam. 10, Mar. 35:—Pass., with pf. ἀνέρρωγα, burst forth, break, of sores, Hp. Fract. 11; of floods, Arist. Mete. 368a26; of volcanoes, Id. Mir. 846a9: metaph., of words, ἀνέρρωγεν τὸ φώνημα Pherecr. 10 D.; of persons, ἀναρρήγνυσθαι πρὸς ὀργήν, εἰς ἅπαν τόλμης, Plu. Brut. 18, Cic. 19. III. intr., break or burst forth, δέδοιχʼ ὅπως μὴ . . ἀναρρήξει κακά S. OT 1075: esp. in pf. part. ἀνερρωγώς, of the mouth of carnivorous animals, with a wide gape, στόμα ἔχειν ἀνερρωγός Arist. HA 502a6, PA 696b34; of the animals themselves, τὰ καρχαρόδοντα πάντα ἀνερρωγότα ib.662a27, cf. 30.—Pres. ἀναρρήττω, D.S. 17.58.