κατα-ρρήγνῡμι (katarregnumi)

Where it lives

De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
Psalmi 5 · 1.46/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Against Midias 1 · 0.67/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατα-ρρήγνῡμι · kata-rrēgnymi — LSJ

break down

break down, τὴν γέφυραν Hdt. 4.201; μέλαθρα E. l.c.

2 tear in pieces, rend, rent their

tear in pieces, rend, κατερρήγνυε . . τὰ ἱμάτια D. 21.63; τὸ διάδημα D.S. 19.34; τὴν ἐσθῆτα Luc. Pisc. 36:—Med., κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας they rent their coats, Hdt. 8.99, cf. X. Cyr. 3.1.13, etc.

3 breaks up, and turns them to

metaph., τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι [ἡ ἀναρχία] breaks up armies and turns them to flight, S. Ant. 675.

4 make, burst out

κ. τινῶν γέλωτας make them burst out laughing, Ath. 4.130c; cf. II.2.

II to be broken down, to be thrown down and broken

Pass., esp. in aor. κατερράγην [ᾰ], with pf. Act. κατέρρωγα:—to be broken down, κρημνοὶ καταρρηγνύμενοι Hdt. 7.23; καταρρήγνυσθαι ἐπὶ γῆν to be thrown down and broken, Id. 3.111; τὸ οἴκημα κατερράγη Th. 4.115; ἄκρας κατερρωγυίας εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν Str. 5.2.6.

2 fall, rush down, break, burst out

fall, rush down, of storms, waterfalls, etc., Hp. Aër. 8; break or burst out, χειμὼν κατερράγη Hdt. 1.87; ὄμβροι καταρραγέντες Arist. Mu. 400a26; of tears, ἐξ ὀμμάτων πηγαὶ κατερρώγασι E. Alc. 1068: c. gen., τοῦ ῥεύματος -ρρηγνυμένου τῶν ὀρῶν Philostr. VA 6.23 (also intr. in Act., of a river, -ρρηγνὺς ἐς τὴν θάλατταν 3.52); of wind, Plu. Fab. 16: metaph., ὁ πόλεμος κατερράγη Ar. Eq. 644, cf. Ach. 528; γέλως Ph. 2.528; κρότος Plb. 18.46.9 (but κατερρήγνυτο πᾶς ὁ τόπος ὑπὸ τοῦ κρότου 15.32.9); βρο

3 to be broken in pieces, with comminuted, crumbling soil, to be ruinous

to be broken in pieces, Αἴγυπτος μελάγγαιός τε καὶ καταρρηγνυμένη with comminuted, crumbling soil, Hdt. 2.12; γῆ κατερρωγυῖα Arist. HA 556a5; to be ruinous, ὅσα κατέρρωγεν τοῦ τείχους IG 2(2).463.75.

4 have a violent discharge, suffer from diarrhoea

Medic., have a violent discharge, suffer from diarrhoea, καταρρήγνυται ἡ κοιλίη Hp. VM 10, cf. καταρράσσω II; of persons, κατερρήγνυντο τὰς γαστέρας App. Hisp. 54; ἢν μὴ φῦσαι -ρραγέωσιν Hp. Aph. 4.73.

b

of menstruation, τοῖς θήλεσιν . . τὰ καταμήνια κ. Arist. HA 581b1.

5 break, burst

of tumours, break, burst, Hp. Coac. 613, Epid. 6.8.18, al.

6 fall in, collapse, flat, to be fissured

of parts of the body, fall in, collapse, οἵ τε μαζοὶ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα μέλεα κ. Id. Nat.Puer. 30, cf. Mul. 1.1; κατερρωγότα τὰ στέρνα [ἔχων] flat-chested, Jul. Or. 6.198a; of the lips or tongue, to be fissured, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.27.13, Aët. 5.118.

In the wild

κατερράγη · katerragē Aristophanes, Acharnians *dikaio/polos (DIORISIS sentence 408)
κατερράγη · katerragē Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 468)
κατερρήγνυεν · katerrēgnyen Demosthenes, Against Midias 62 (DIORISIS sentence 188)
κατάρρηξον · katarrēxon Epictetus, Discourses 4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 7232)
καταρρήξω · katarrēxō Euripides, Heracles 864
καταρρηγνυμένην · katarrēgnymenēn Herodotus, Histories 2.12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1619)

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Where it came from

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