περιρρήγνῡμι
and περι-ύω ( Plu. Publ. 6 ),
break off all round, τὸν γήλοφον κύκλῳ Pl. Criti. 113d: freq. of clothes, rend and tear off, τὸν χιτωνίσκον D. 19.197; τὴν χλαμύδα Plb. 15.33.4: also c. acc. pers., strip, Parth. 15.3: - Med., περιερρήξατο τοὺς πέπλους tore off her own garments, Plu. Ant. 77, cf. Ph. 2.44: abs., J. AJ 9.7.3, Arr. An. 7.24.3, D.Chr. 35.9; [ γυναῖκες], περιερρηγμέναι Id. 46.12: - Pass., with aor. 2 -ερράγην, intr. pf. περιέρρωγα, περιρρηγνυμένων φαρέων A. Th. 328 (lyr.); of the case or membrane that encloses pupa or shellfish, περιρρήγνυται τὸ κέλυφος Arist. HA 551a23, cf. 552a6; περιερρωγέναι τὸ ὄστρακον ib. 601a13 (so in Act., ἡ σχάδων . . τὸν ὑμένα περιρρήξας (sic) ἐκπέταται ib. 554a30 . - Med., τὰ ζῷα τὰ ἐκ τῶν σκωλήκων περιρρηγνύμενα ib. 552a9 ); πέτρα περιρραγεῖσα ib. 578b22; of dead flesh, break away, Hp. Fract. 26 .
II cause a stream to break or divide round a piece of land, [ Βούσιρις] τὸν Νεῖλον περὶ τὴν χώραν περιέρρηξε Isoc. 11.31: - Pass., τοῦ Δέλτα κατὰ τὸ ὀξὺ περιρρήγνυται ὁ Νεῖλος Hdt. 2.16, cf. Ael. NA 7.24; βρονταὶ περιερρήγνυντο kept breaking round a place, Plu. Crass. 19 .
III break a thing round or on another, wreck, τὸ σκαφίδιον πρὸς πέτραν Luc. Merc.Cond. 2, cf. Poll. 1.114; ἀλλήλοισι π. ἀέλλας Q.S. 8.61 . ὄρος περιερρωγός broken all round, i.e. precipitous, Nic.Dam. 1 J.
περιρήγνυμι perirēgnymi 1x
also spelled περιρρήγνυμι, to break or tear all around; to strip off, [Act 16:22]
G4048 — περιρρήγνυμι
(L T Tr WH περιρήγνυμι, with one rho ῥ; see the preceding word): 1 aorist participle plural περιρρήξαντες; (περί and ῤήγνυμι); to break off on all sides, break off all round (cf. περί, III. 1): τό ἱμάτιον, to rend or tear off all around, [Act 16:22]. So of garments also in 2 Macc. 4:38 and often in secular authors; Aeschylus sept. 329; Demosthenes, p. 403, 3; Polybius 15, 33, 4; Diodorus 17, 35.
** περι - ρήγνυμι
( Rec. - ρρ -, v. supr .),
[in LXX : 2Ma 4:38 * ;]
to break or tear off all around: freq . of garments, τ . ἰμάτια , [Act 16:22]. †