κατα-ρρήγνῡμι
and καταρρηγνύω, future -ρήξω [[5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 864 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: late perfect [[ κατέρρηχα “Arch.Papyrus” 2.125b10 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—break down, [[ τὴν γέφυραν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201; μέλαθρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [prev. cited]
__2 tear in pieces, rend, [[ κατερρήγνυε.. τὰ ἱμάτια 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.63; τὸ διάδημα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.34; τὴν ἐσθῆτα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας they rent their coats, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 3.1.13, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι[ἡ ἀναρχία] breaks up armies and turns them to flight, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ant.” 675. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 κ. τινῶν γέλωτας make them burst out laughing, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.130c; compare 11.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II passive, especially in aorist κατερράγην[ᾰ], with perfect active κατέρρωγα:—to be broken down, [[ κρημνοὶ καταρρηγνύμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταρρήγνυσθαι ἐπὶ γῆν to be thrown down and broken, [[ [prev\. author] 3.111; τὸ οἴκημα κατερράγη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115; ἄκρας κατερρωγυίας εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.2.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].