A.break up, “μή οἱ ὕπερθε γαῖαν ἀναρρήξειε Ποσειδάων” Il.20.63; “ἀ. αὔλακας” Hdt.2.14; ἀ. τάφον dig a grave, E.Tr.1153.
2. break through, break open, “τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας” Il.7.461; “οἴκων μυχούς” E.Hec.1040; “ὑπόνομον” Plb.5.71.9; “ἐργαστήρια” Plu.Pel.12:—Pass., “νῆες ἀναρραγεῖσαι τὰς παρεξειρεσίας” Th.7.34.
3. tear open a carcase, of lions, Il.18.582; of hounds, X.Cyn. 7.9; of Ajax, δίχα ἀνερρήγνυ was cleaving them asunder, S.Aj. 236.
II. make to break forth, “λόγον” Pi.Fr.180; “ἔπη” Ar.Eq.626; “νεῖκος” Theoc.22.172; πόλιν make it break out, excite greatly, Plu. Flam. 10, Mar.35:—Pass., with pf. ἀνέρρωγα, burst forth, break, of sores, Hp.Fract.11; of floods, Arist.Mete.368a26; of volcanoes, Id.Mir. 846a9: metaph., of words, “ἀνέρρωγεν τὸ φώνημα” Pherecr.10 D.; of persons, ἀναρρήγνυσθαι πρὸς ὀργήν, εἰς ἅπαν τόλμης, Plu.Brut.18, Cic. 19.
III. intr., break or burst forth, “δέδοιχ᾽ ὅπως μὴ . . ἀναρρήξει κακά” S.OT1075: esp. in pf. part. ἀνερρωγώς, of the mouth of carnivorous animals, with a wide gape, “στόμα ἔχειν ἀνερρωγός” Arist. HA502a6, PA696b34; of the animals themselves, τὰ καρχαρόδοντα πάντα ἀνερρωγότα ib.662a27, cf. 30.—Pres. ἀναρρήττω , D.S.17.58.