smite, dash in pieces,
ἀράσσω, Att.
ἀρᾰκό-ττω [ᾰρ], Ion. and poet.impf.
A.
ἀράσσεσκον
Pi. P. 4.226
:fut. ἀράξω(συν-) Hom. , Dor.
ἀραξῶ
Theoc. 2.160
:aor. ἤραξα(ἀπ-) Hom. , Ep.
ἄραξα
Hes. Sc. 461
:— Pass. ,aor. ἠράχθην,
Ep.
ἀράχθην(συν-) Hom. :fut.
Med. in pass. sense, κατ-αράξεσθαι
Plu. Caes. 44
:—smite, dash in pieces,( Hom. only in compds.ἀπαράσσω, συναράσσω); of any violent impact, with collat. notion ofrattling, clanging,as of horses, ὁπλαῖς ἀ. χθόνα
Pi.
l.c.;ἄρασσε(sc.πύλας)knock atthe door, E. Hec. 1044 ; τὴν θύραν
Ar. Ec. 978
, cf. Theoc. 2.6 ( Pass. , of the door,open with a crash,
Luc. DMeretr. 15.2 );poundin a mortar, ὅλμῳ ἀ.
Nic. Th. 508
;ἀράσσειν στέρνα, κρᾶτα, beatthe breasts, the head,in mourning,
A. Pers. 1054 (lyr.), E. Tr. 279 (lyr.);ἄρασσε μᾶλλον strikeharder, A. Pr. 58 ; ὄψεις ἀράξας
S. Ant. 52
; ἤρασσε βλέφαρα
Id. OT 1276
:—in Pass. , ὀμμάτων ἀραχθέντων
Id. Ant. 975
(lyr.); alsoἀ. πέτροις τινά strike witha shower of stones, E. IT 327 :— Pass. , πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο
A. Pers. 460
:—a).κιθάρην strikethe lyre, Orph. A. 382 ;ὕμνον, μέλος,etc., Nonn. D. 1.15 , 440 , etc.
2. c. dat. modi,ἀράσσειν τινὰ ὀνείδεσι, κακοῖς, assail withreproaches or threats, S. Aj. 725 , Ph. 374 , cf.ἐξαράσσω.
II.
Pass. ,to be dashed against,
πρὸς τὰς πέτρας
Hdt. 6.44
; πρὸς τὴν γῆν
Luc. Anach. 11
; of things,dash one against the other,
A.R. 2.553 , Ael. NA 16.39 .—The simple Verb is poetic, used once by Hdt. and in late Prose,v.supr. (Akin toῥάσσω,
Ion.
ῥήσσω(q.v.), cf.προσαρασσόμενον: προσρησσόμενον,
Hsch. ).
