περιρρήγνῡμι and
περιρρηγνύω [
Refs 1st c.AD+],
break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of clothes,
rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: also with
accusative person,
strip, [
Refs 1st c.BC+] —
middle, περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους
tore off her own garments, [
Refs 1st c.AD+] —
passive, with
aorist 2 -ερράγην,
intransitive perfect περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος [
Refs 4th c.BC+] (so in
active, ἡ σχάδων. τὸν ὑμένα περιρρήξας (sic) ἐκπέταται[
Refs].—
middle, τὰ ζῷα τὰ ἐκ τῶν σκωλήκων περιρρηγνύμενα[
Refs]; of dead flesh,
break away, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
cause a stream
to break or
divide round a piece of land, [Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο
kept breaking round a place, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III)
break a thing
round or
on another,
wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV) ὄρος περιερρωγός
broken all round, i.e.
precipitous, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]