ῥήσσεσθαι

ῥήγνυμι

break asunder: pres inf mp (epic ionic)

ῥήσσω

strike: pres inf mp

ῥήγνυμι

break asunder: pres inf mp (epic ionic)

ῥήσσω

strike: pres inf mp

ῥήγνῡμι or [suff] ῥηγ-ύω (

A

ἀναρ- Hp.Flat.10

: [tense] impf.

κατ-ερρήγνυε D.21.63

, etc.); later [full] ῥήσσω, Gal.10.640, Orib.Fr.93, Gloss.;

ῥήσσεσθαι PHolm.6.3

, cf. 4.22; ἀπο-, δια-ρρήσσεσθαι, Hp.Int.17,42; [full] ῥήττω, Str.11.14.8, Dsc.4.150 (v.l. ῥήσσει), ([etym.] περι-) Id.2.98, 3.18 (v.l. περιρρήσσει)

; ῥήττεσθαι Bito 45.8

, Str.7.3.18: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

ῥήγνυσκε Il.7.141

: [tense] fut.

ῥήξω 12.262

, Hdt.2.2, ([etym.] ἐκ-) S.Aj. 775: [tense] aor.

ἔρρηξα Il.3.348

, Pi.N.8.29, Ar.Nu. 960;

ῥῆξα Il.6.6

: [tense] pf. ἔρρηχα ([etym.] δι-) LXX 2 Ki.14.30, 15.32:—[voice] Med. ῥήγνῠμαι, [tense] fut. ῥήξομαι, [tense] aor. ἐρρηξάμην, all in Il. (12.257, 224, 291), [tense] pres. also in Hp.VC4,12: [tense] aor.

ἐρρηξάμην E.Heracl. 835

, ([etym.] κατ-) X.Cyr.3.1.13; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.

ῥήξαντο Il.11.90

:—[voice] Pass., subj.

ῥήγνῡται Hippon.19.4

: [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.

ῥηγνύατο Arat.817

: [tense] fut.

ῥᾰγήσομαι Plu.2.668a

, ([etym.] διαρ-, ἐκ-) Ar.Eq. 340, A.Pr. 369, etc.: [tense] aor. ἐρράγην [ᾰ] S.Fr. 578, Ar.Nu. 583, etc.; later ἐρρήχθην, Tryph.11; δια-ρρηχθῇ (v.l. -ρραγῇ) Hp.Int.29: [tense] pf. ἔρρηγμαι ([etym.] συν-) Od.8.137; but intr. [tense] pf. ἔρρωγα is more freq., v. infr. c. 1; [tense] pf. part. fem. ἐρρηγεῖα, v. infr. c. 2; masc. pl.

κατ-ερρηγότας Hsch.

The word is hardly used by correct [dialect] Att. Prose-writers, exc. in [voice] Pass.:—break asunder, rend, shatter,

τεῖχος Il.12.198

;

πύλας 13.124

;

σάκος 21.165

;

θώρηκας 2.544

;

ἱμάντα 3.375

;

νευρήν 8.328

;

ὀστέον 20.399

;

χρόα 23.673

; only once in Od.,

προτόνους ἔρρηξ' ἀνέμοιο θύελλα 12.409

:—later, esp. rend garments, in sign of grief,

ῥ. πέπλους A.Pers. 199

, 468; ῥ. ἕλκεα make grievous wounds, Pi.N.8.29; ῥ. ὀστᾶ, σάρκας, E.HF 994, Ba. 1130;

ἀρότροις γῆς δάπεδον Ar.Pl. 515

: in [dialect] Ion. and later Prose,

ῥήγνυσι.. τὸν ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν χιτῶνα Hp.VM19

;

ῥήττειν νευράν Str.15.1.57

;

τὰ δεσμά Luc.DDeor.17.1

;

τὰς πύλας Id.Par.46

;

μὴ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς Ev.Matt.7.6

:—[voice] Med., break for oneself, get broken,

ὄρνυσθ'.. ῥήγνυσθε δὲ τεῖχος Il.12.440

, cf. 224, 257, 291:—[voice] Pass., v. infr. B.

2 break a line of battle or body of men, ῥ. φάλαγγα, ὅμιλον, στίχας ἀνδρῶν, Il.6.6, 11.538, 15.615; τὸ μέσον ῥῆξαι break through the centre, Hdt. 6.113: abs., ἐρρηξάτην ἐς κύκλα.. ὅπλων broke through, S.Fr.210.9:— [voice] Med., ῥήξασθαι φάλαγγας, στίχας, break oneself a way through the lines, Il.11.90, 13.680, cf. E.Heracl. 835;

ῥηξαμένῳ θέσθαι παρὰ νηυσὶ κέλευθον Il.12.411

.

3 let break loose, ἔριδα ῥ. 20.55 ([voice] Med.).

4 after Hom., ῥῆξαι φωνήν let loose the voice, of children and persons who have been dumb or silent, break into speech, speak out, Hdt.1.85, 2.2, 5.93, cf. Ar.Nu. 357, 960;

ῥῆξαι αὐδήν E.Supp. 710

; later ῥήξασθαι φωνήν, θρόον αὐδῆς, φθόγγον, utter, AP5.221 (Agath.), 7.597 (Jul.), 9.61: abs., ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον cry aloud, LXXIs.54.1; v. infr.c.

5 also δακρύων ῥήξασα.. νάματα having let loose, having burst into floods of tears, S.Tr. 919; κλαυθμὸν ῥ. Plu.Per.36;

ῥ. τὰ ὄρη εὐφροσύνην LXX Is.49.13

;

ῥήγνυσι πηγὰς ὁ χῶρος Plu.Mar.19

;

ῥ. νεφέλην ἔς τινας Philostr.Im.2.27

; v. infr. B.

B [voice] Pass., break, break asunder, burst,

κῦμα ῥήγνυτο Il.18.67

;

κῦμα.. χέρσῳ ῥηγνύμενον 4.425

, Hes.Sc. 377; of clouds, Ar.Nu. 378; ῥαγῆναί τι τῆς γῆς, as in an earthquake, Pl.R. 359d;

ῥαγεῖσα Θηβαίων κόνις S.Fr. 958

;

ἱμάτια ῥαγέντα X.Cyr.1.6.16

;

ὀστέον ῥήγνυται τιτρωσκόμενον Hp.VC4

; ῥήττονται ὑδρίαι (by the cold) Str.7.3.18; τοῖς βασκάνοις εἶναι ῥήγνυσθαι may the envious burst, Aristid.Or.50 (26).69;

τοῖς εἴ τις εὐδοκιμήσειεν ἐπί τῳ ῥηγνυμένοις Lib.Or.29.13

, cf. Or.1.207.

2 burst forth, like lightning, βροντὴ δ' ἐρράγη δι'

ἀστραπῆς S.Fr. 578

, Ar.Nu. 583, cf. Plu.2.919b; so

καταμηνίων ῥαγέντων Hp.Aph.5.32

, cf. Nat.Mul.13, Arist.HA 582b10, etc.

3 of ships, to be wrecked, D.56.21: metaph.,

πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων A.Ag. 505

.

4 of a stone, γράμματι ῥηγνύμενον scored with lettering, i.e. inscribed, Puchstein Epigr.Gr.p.76 (Memphis, i B.C.).

C intr., like [voice] Pass., break or burst forth,

ἔρρηξεν ἔμετος Hp.Epid. 4.24

;

τὸ πνεῦμα ῥήγνυσι Id.Nat.Puer.12

;

εἰ ἐθελήσει ῥήξας ὑπερβῆναι ὁ ποταμός Hdt.2.99

: metaph.,

ὁποῖα χρῄζει ῥηγνύτω S.OT 1076

(in answer to the words δέδοιχ' ὅπως μὴ.. ἀναρρήξει κακά): freq. in this signf. in [tense] pf. ἔρρωγα, to have broken out,

ἔρρωγε παγὰ δακρύων Id.Tr. 852

(lyr.): metaph.,

κακῶν πέλαγος ἔρρωγεν A.Pers. 433

;

τάδ' ἐκ δυοῖν ἔρρωγεν.. κακά S.OT 1280

;

σοὶ τάδ' ἔρρωγεν κακά E.Hipp. 1338

;

ἐρρωγότες λόγοι

broken, disjointed,

Com.Adesp.661

.

2 in lit. sense, γῆ ἐρρηγεῖα ([etym.] - υῖα) broken, arable, opp. ἄρρηκτος, Tab.Heracl.1.18,al. ( ϝρηγ- (cf. [dialect] Aeol. [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. εὐράγη Hdn.Gr.2.640, ϝρῆξις, αὔρηκτος), cogn. with Lith. rēžti 'cut, notch, furrow', rúožas 'stripe, streak, strip'.)

ῥήγνυμι (Mt 9:17 and its by-form ῥήσσω Mt 9:17 D; Lk 5:6 D) fut. ῥήξω; 1 aor. ἔρ(ρ)ηξα, impv. ῥῆξον; pf. 3 pl. ἐρρώγασιν Josh 9:13, ptc. ἐρρηγώς Job 32:19. Pass.: 2 fut. ῥαγήσομαι; 2 aor. ἐρράγην LXX; inf. ῥαγῆναι AcPl Ha 3, 11 (Hom.+; LXX; TestSol; TestJob 28:3; TestJud 2:6; Mel., P. 91, 682; Ath., 18, 3)

① to cause to come apart or be in pieces by means of internal or external force, tear in pieces, break, burst τινά or τὶ someone or someth. (Jos., Ant. 5, 310) of wine τοὺς ἀσκούς burst the wine-skins (Alex. Aphr., An. Mant. 124, 20 Br.) Mk 2:22; cp. Mt 9:17 D; Lk 5:37. Pass. be torn, burst (Diod S 3, 34, 2; TestJud 2:6; ViHab 12; PGM 4, 361; 2674; 13, 264) Mt 9:17. ὥστε τὰ δίκτυα ῥήσσεσθαι Lk 5:6 D. ῥαγῆναι τὰ δεσμά AcPl Ha 3, 11. Of ferocious animals tear in pieces w. their teeth μήποτε ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς Mt 7:6 (Aesop, Fab. 408a H. of a swine: τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ἀναῤῥήξειν τὴν κύνα; cp. the alternate version: 408b H. ἀνατεμεῖν ‘cut up’/250 III H-H. ἀνατεμεῖ).

② to effect an action or intensify it by initially throwing off restraint, tear/break/let loose, break out in (Hdt. 2, 2, 3 and Aelian, Fgm. 41 p. 203, 2 φωνήν; Plut., Pericl. 172 [36, 7] κλαυθμόν; LXX; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 194. Cp. also Ps.-Oppian, Cyneg. 1, 226 ῥῆξεν ποτὲ δεσμὰ σιωπῆς) ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον break forth and cry aloud (Is 54:1) Gal 4:27; 2 Cl 2:1.—Pass. break forth (PPetr II, 23, 1, 12 [III B.C.] ὕδωρ ἐρράγη; SibOr 4, 53) of light B 3:4 (Is 58:8).—S. also ῥήσσω.—DELG. M-M.