περιρρήγνῡμι
and περιρρηγνύω [[(1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 6)] Refs 1st c.AD+], break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of clothes, rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197; τὴν χλαμύδα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.33.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: also with accusative person, strip, [[ 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 15.3:] Refs 1st c.BC+] —middle, περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off her own garments, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 77, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.44: _absolutely_, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 9.7.3, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.24.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 35.9; [γυναῖκες], περιερρηγμέναι [prev. author] 46.12:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, with aorist 2 -ερράγην, intransitive perfect περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 328 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 551a23, compare 552a6; περιερρωγέναι τὸ ὄστρακον [prev. work] 601a13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (so in active, ἡ σχάδων.. τὸν ὑμένα περιρρήξας (sic) ἐκπέταται[[ [prev. work] 554a30 ] Refs].—middle, τὰ ζῷα τὰ ἐκ τῶν σκωλήκων περιρρηγνύμενα[[ [prev. work] 552a9); πέτρα περιρραγεῖσα [prev. work] 578b22 ] Refs]; of dead flesh, break away, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II cause a stream to break or divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.16, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο kept breaking round a place, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 19. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]