The corpus record

διαρραίω

diarraio

dash in pieces, destroy

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k

What it meant

διαρραίω · diarraiō — LSJ

dash in pieces, destroy, to be destroyed, perish

dash in pieces, destroy, διαρραῖσαι μεμαῶτες Il. 2.473, etc.; οἶκον Od. 2.49:—Pass., c. fut. Med., to be destroyed, perish, τάχα δʼ ἄμμε διαρραίσεσθαι ὀΐω Il. 24.355; διαρραισθέντας εἰς Ἅιδου μολεῖν A. Pr. 238.

ῥωχμαὶ σάρκα διαρραίουσι dub. in Marc.Sid. 80.

In the wild

διαρραισθέντας · diarraisthentas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 237–238
διαρραῖσαι · diarraisai Iliad 11.713
διαρραῖσαι · diarraisai Iliad 11.733
διαρραῖσαι · diarraisai Iliad 17.727
διαρραῖσαι · diarraisai Iliad 2.473
διαρραίσεσθαι · diarraisesthai Iliad 24.355

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Where it came from

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