1. ῥήγνυμι · rhēgnymi — Beekes
to tear (up), break (to pieces), burst
The corpus record
ῥήγνυμι
regnumi
to tear (up), break (to pieces), burst
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Shield of Heracles 3 · 9.27/10k
- Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
- Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
- Iliad 48 · 4.3/10k
- Clouds 4 · 4.16/10k
- Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
- Job 5 · 3.75/10k
- De Mundo 2 · 3.15/10k
- Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
- Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
- Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ῥήγνῦμι · rhēgnymi — Chantraine
(Plu
3. ῥήγνῦμι · rhēgnymi — Chantraine
ou -ύω, f
4. ῥήγνῦμι · rhēgnymi — Chantraine
formes depuis l'IE, ion
5. ῥήγνυμι · rhēgnymi — Frisk
Fut
6. ῥήγνῡμι · rhēgnymi — LSJ
break asunder, rend, shatter
Attestations
- ῥήξειν · rhēxein Iliad 2.544
- ἔρρηξεν · errēxen Iliad 3.348
- ῥῆξεν · rhēxen Iliad 3.375
- ῥηγνύμενον · rhēgnymenon Iliad 4.425
- ῥῆξε · rhēxe Iliad 5.307
- ῥῆξε · rhēxe Iliad 6.6
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1333; entry #5305 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 992; entry #6962 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1624; entry #4968 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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