break off,
ἀπορρήγνῡμιor-ύω,
A. break off,
δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας
Il. 6.507
, cf. Hdt. 3.32 ; ἧκε δ' ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος
Od. 9.481
;πνεῦμ' ἀπέρρηξεν βίου snap the threadof life,die,
A. Pers. 507 ;ἀ. πνεῦμα, βίον,
E. Or. 864 , IT 974 , cf. Tr. 756 ; ἀ. ψυχήν
AP 7.313
; τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἀ. ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν Μεγαρέων πόλεως
Th. 4.69
;ἀ. τῆς εἰρήνης τὴν ξυμμαχίαν,a phrase of D. censured by Aeschin. 3.72 ; ἀ. πάνυ τείνουσαι τὸ καλῴδιον
Luc. DMeretr. 3.3
.
2. causal,ἀ. τὸν θυμόν letone's rageburst forth,
D.H. Rh. 9.5 , cf. Luc. Am. 43 ;burst out witha remark, App. BC 2.81 : — Pass. , πόλεμος . . ἀπερρήγνυτο ἐς ἔργον
Id. Syr. 15
.
3. ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος tearoneselfaway, break awayfrom, Plu. Marc. 27 ; τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπιτηδευμάτων
J. AJ 10.3.1
;deprive,
τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τῆς βασιλικῆς ἐλπίδος
Id. BJ 1.23.2
.
II.
Pass. , freq. inaor. ἀπερράγην [ᾰ] Hdt. 8.19 ,etc.:pf.
ἀπέρρηγμαι
Ph. 2.510
; but3 sg.
ἀπορέρηκται
Gal.
ap. Orib. 46.21.22 :—to be broken off or severed from, ἀπό τιϝοςHdt.l.c., ib. 37 : abs.,to be broken off, severed,
Id. 2.29 , Th. 5.10 , etc.;break away fromone's allegiance,rebel,
J. BJ 2.14.3 .
2.
Act. ,pf. ἀπέρρωγαin Pass. sense, Archil. 47 , etc.;φωνὴ ἀπερρωγυῖαabrokenvoice, Hp.
Acut.(Sp.)
10 , Arist. Aud. 804b20 ; ἀπερρωγώς broken in character, dissolute,
Luc. Pseudol. 17
; οἵ γε μὴ τελέως -ότες
Muson. Fr. 12p.64H.
;absurd,
S.E. M. 8.165 .
III. intr. inaor. 1
Act. , ἀπορρήξας ἀπὸ δεσμῶν
AP 9.240
( Phil. ); κακὸν ἀπέρρηξε
Luc. Abd. 6
.
