Related to: ἀπορρήγνῡμι
or ἀπορρηγνύω, break off, δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.507, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32; ἧκε δ᾽ ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.481] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπέρρηξεν βίου snap the thread of life, die, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 507] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, βίον, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 864, “IT” 974, compare “Tr.” 756; ἀ. ψυχήν “Anthologia Graeca” 7.313; τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἀ. ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν Μεγαρέων πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.69] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῆς εἰρήνης τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, a phrase of [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator censured by 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.72; ἀ. πάνυ τείνουσαι τὸ καλῴδιον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 3.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 causal, ἀ. τὸν θυμόν let one's rage burst forth, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 9.5, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 43] Refs 1st c.BC+]; burst out with a remark, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.81] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: —passive, πόλεμος.. ἀπερρήγνυτο ἐς ἔργον[[ [prev. author] “Syr.” 15. ] Refs]
__3 ἀ. ἑαυτόν τινος tear oneself away, break away from, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 27; τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπιτηδευμάτων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 10.3.1] Refs 1st c.AD+]; deprive, τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τῆς βασιλικῆς ἐλπίδος[[ [prev. author] “BJ” 1.23.2. ] Refs]
__II passive, frequently in aorist ἀπερράγην [ᾰ] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.19,etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:perfect ἀπέρρηγμαι[[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.510] Refs 1st c.AD+]; but 3rd.pers.singular ἀπορέρηκται[[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.21.22] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—to be broken off or severed from, ἀπό τινος Hdt.[same place], [[[prev. work] 37: _absolutely_, ] Refs]to be broken off, severed, [[ [prev. author] 2.29, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.10, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; break away from one's allegiance, rebel, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.14.3. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]