καταρρήγνυμι

1. to break down , τὴν γέφυραν (Herdotus Historicus); μέλαθρα (Euripides)

2. to tear in pieces, rend , (Demosthenes Orator):—;Mid., κατερρήξαντο τοὺς κιθῶνας they rent their coats, (Herdotus Historicus)

3. in (Sophocles Tragicus) Ant. 675 τροπὰς καταρρήγνυσι [ ἡ ἀναρχία] breaks up armies and turns them to flight.

4. Pass., aorist2 κατερράγην [ ᾶ], with perfect active κατέρρωγα:—; to be broken down, to be thrown down and broken , (Herdotus Historicus)

5. to fall or rush down, to break or burst out , of storms, (Herdotus Historicus); of tears, (Euripides):—;metaphorically, ὁ πόλεμος κατερράγη (Aristophanes Comicus)

6. to be broken in pieces , Αἴγυπτος μελάγγαιός τε καὶ κατερρηγμένη with black and crumbling soil , (Herdotus Historicus)

7. καταράσσω

attic -ττω

future ξω

8. to dash down, break in pieces , τοὺς λοιπούς κατήραξεν ἐς τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα drove them shattered to Cithaerae, (Herdotus Historicus); τὸ στράτευμα κατηράχθη εἰς τὰ τειχίσματα (Thucydides)

9. intransitive to fall down, fall headlong , (Plutarch) (ML)