ῥήγνυμι

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 30 May 2015

Alternative forms

• ῥηγνύω (rhēgnúō), ῥήσσω (rhḗssō), ῥήττω (rhḗttō)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-; compare Old Armenian երգիծանեմ (ergicanem, “I tear, dissect”), Lithuanian rėžti, and Old Church Slavonic рѣзати (rězati, “to cut, slaughter”).^[1] Also compare Latin frangō and Old English brecan (English break), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. Further compare Sanskrit रुजति (rujati, “break up, break open, shatter”) and Albanian rrege.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̌ː.ɡnyː.mi/ → /ˈri.ɣny.mi/ → /ˈri.ɣni.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̌ː.ɡnyː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈre̝.ɡny.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɣny.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɣny.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɣni.mi/

Verb

ῥήγνῡμῐ • (rhḗgnūmi)

1. (transitive) to break asunder, tear, rend, shatter
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 199
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 468
   • 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 515
   • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1130
   • 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 994
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Ancient Medicine 19
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.440
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.124
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.165
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.409
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 17.1
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Parasite: Parasitic an Art 46
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 7:6
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 8.29
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 15.1.57
   1. to break through a line or body of men
      • 430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 835
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.113
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.6
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.90
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.615
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 210.9
   2. (post-Homeric) to break into speech, speak out
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 357
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 960
      • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 710
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.85
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.2
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.93
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Isaiah 54.1
   3. to burst into tears
      • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Imagines 2.27
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Gaius Marius 19
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 36
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Isaiah 49.13
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 919
2. (passive voice) to break, burst
   • 117 CE – 181 CE, Aelius Aristides, Orations 50.69
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 378
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 377
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Injuries of the Head 4
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.425
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.67
   • 314 CE – 393 CE, Libanius, Orations 1.207
   • 314 CE – 393 CE, Libanius, Orations 29.13
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 359d
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 958
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 7.3.18
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.16
   1. to burst forth
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 583
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 582b.10
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 5.32
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Nat. Mul. 13
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.919b
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 578
   2. (of ships) to be wrecked
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 505
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Dionysodorus 21
   3. to be inscribed on
3. (intransitive) to break, burst forth
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 433
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 1338
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.99
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 4.24
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Nature of the Child 12
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1076
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1280
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 852
   • Comica Adespota 661

Inflection

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥήγνῡμῐ	ῥήγνῡς	ῥήγνῡσῐ(ν)	ῥήγνῠτον	ῥήγνῠτον	ῥήγνῠμεν	ῥήγνῠτε	ῥηγνῠ́ᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῥηγνῠ́ω	ῥηγνῠ́ῃς	ῥηγνῠ́ῃ	ῥηγνῠ́ητον	ῥηγνῠ́ητον	ῥηγνῠ́ωμεν	ῥηγνῠ́ητε	ῥηγνῠ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥηγνῠ́οιμῐ	ῥηγνῠ́οις	ῥηγνῠ́οι	ῥηγνῠ́οιτον	ῥηγνῠοίτην	ῥηγνῠ́οιμεν	ῥηγνῠ́οιτε	ῥηγνῠ́οιεν
	imperative		ῥήγνῡ	ῥηγνῠ́τω	ῥήγνῠτον	ῥηγνῠ́των		ῥήγνῠτε	ῥηγνῠ́ντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῥήγνῠμαι	ῥήγνῠσαι	ῥήγνῠται	ῥήγνῠσθον	ῥήγνῠσθον	ῥηγνῠ́μεθα	ῥήγνῠσθε	ῥήγνῠνται
	subjunctive	ῥηγνῠ́ωμαι	ῥηγνῠ́ῃ	ῥηγνῠ́ηται	ῥηγνῠ́ησθον	ῥηγνῠ́ησθον	ῥηγνῠώμεθᾰ	ῥηγνῠ́ησθε	ῥηγνῠ́ωνται
	optative	ῥηγνῠοίμην	ῥηγνῠ́οιο	ῥηγνῠ́οιτο	ῥηγνῠ́οισθον	ῥηγνῠοίσθην	ῥηγνῠοίμεθᾰ	ῥηγνῠ́οισθε	ῥηγνῠ́οιντο
	imperative		ῥήγνῠσο	ῥηγνῠ́σθω	ῥήγνῠσθον	ῥηγνῠ́σθων		ῥήγνῠσθε	ῥηγνῠ́σθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῥηγνῠ́ναι				ῥήγνῠσθαι
participle	m	ῥηγνῡ́ς				ῥηγνῠ́μενος
	f	ῥηγνῦσᾰ				ῥηγνῠμένη
	n	ῥηγνῠ́ν				ῥηγνῠ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ῥήγνῡμῐ, ῥήγνῠμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥηγνύω	ῥηγνύεις	ῥηγνύει	ῥηγνύετον	ῥηγνύετον	ῥηγνύομεν	ῥηγνύετε	ῥηγνύουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῥηγνύω	ῥηγνύῃς	ῥηγνύῃ	ῥηγνύητον	ῥηγνύητον	ῥηγνύωμεν	ῥηγνύητε	ῥηγνύωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥηγνύοιμῐ	ῥηγνύοις	ῥηγνύοι	ῥηγνύοιτον	ῥηγνυοίτην	ῥηγνύοιμεν	ῥηγνύοιτε	ῥηγνύοιεν
	imperative		ῥήγνυε	ῥηγνυέτω	ῥηγνύετον	ῥηγνυέτων		ῥηγνύετε	ῥηγνυόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῥηγνύομαι	ῥηγνύῃ, ῥηγνύει	ῥηγνύεται	ῥηγνύεσθον	ῥηγνύεσθον	ῥηγνυόμεθᾰ	ῥηγνύεσθε	ῥηγνύονται
	subjunctive	ῥηγνύωμαι	ῥηγνύῃ	ῥηγνύηται	ῥηγνύησθον	ῥηγνύησθον	ῥηγνυώμεθᾰ	ῥηγνύησθε	ῥηγνύωνται
	optative	ῥηγνυοίμην	ῥηγνύοιο	ῥηγνύοιτο	ῥηγνύοισθον	ῥηγνυοίσθην	ῥηγνυοίμεθᾰ	ῥηγνύοισθε	ῥηγνύοιντο
	imperative		ῥηγνύου	ῥηγνυέσθω	ῥηγνύεσθον	ῥηγνυέσθων		ῥηγνύεσθε	ῥηγνυέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῥηγνύειν				ῥηγνύεσθαι
participle	m	ῥηγνύων				ῥηγνυόμενος
	f	ῥηγνύουσᾰ				ῥηγνυομένη
	n	ῥηγνῦον				ῥηγνυόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ῥηγνύω, ῥηγνύομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥήσσω	ῥήσσεις	ῥήσσει	ῥήσσετον	ῥήσσετον	ῥήσσομεν	ῥήσσετε	ῥήσσουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῥήσσω	ῥήσσῃς	ῥήσσῃ	ῥήσσητον	ῥήσσητον	ῥήσσωμεν	ῥήσσητε	ῥήσσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥήσσοιμῐ	ῥήσσοις	ῥήσσοι	ῥήσσοιτον	ῥησσοίτην	ῥήσσοιμεν	ῥήσσοιτε	ῥήσσοιεν
	imperative		ῥῆσσε	ῥησσέτω	ῥήσσετον	ῥησσέτων		ῥήσσετε	ῥησσόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῥήσσομαι	ῥήσσῃ, ῥήσσει	ῥήσσεται	ῥήσσεσθον	ῥήσσεσθον	ῥησσόμεθᾰ	ῥήσσεσθε	ῥήσσονται
	subjunctive	ῥήσσωμαι	ῥήσσῃ	ῥήσσηται	ῥήσσησθον	ῥήσσησθον	ῥησσώμεθᾰ	ῥήσσησθε	ῥήσσωνται
	optative	ῥησσοίμην	ῥήσσοιο	ῥήσσοιτο	ῥήσσοισθον	ῥησσοίσθην	ῥησσοίμεθᾰ	ῥήσσοισθε	ῥήσσοιντο
	imperative		ῥήσσου	ῥησσέσθω	ῥήσσεσθον	ῥησσέσθων		ῥήσσεσθε	ῥησσέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῥήσσειν				ῥήσσεσθαι
participle	m	ῥήσσων				ῥησσόμενος
	f	ῥήσσουσᾰ				ῥησσομένη
	n	ῥῆσσον				ῥησσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ῥήσσω, ῥήσσομαι (later)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥήττω	ῥήττεις	ῥήττει	ῥήττετον	ῥήττετον	ῥήττομεν	ῥήττετε	ῥήττουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ῥήττω	ῥήττῃς	ῥήττῃ	ῥήττητον	ῥήττητον	ῥήττωμεν	ῥήττητε	ῥήττωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥήττοιμῐ	ῥήττοις	ῥήττοι	ῥήττοιτον	ῥηττοίτην	ῥήττοιμεν	ῥήττοιτε	ῥήττοιεν
	imperative		ῥῆττε	ῥηττέτω	ῥήττετον	ῥηττέτων		ῥήττετε	ῥηττόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ῥήττομαι	ῥήττῃ, ῥήττει	ῥήττεται	ῥήττεσθον	ῥήττεσθον	ῥηττόμεθᾰ	ῥήττεσθε	ῥήττονται
	subjunctive	ῥήττωμαι	ῥήττῃ	ῥήττηται	ῥήττησθον	ῥήττησθον	ῥηττώμεθᾰ	ῥήττησθε	ῥήττωνται
	optative	ῥηττοίμην	ῥήττοιο	ῥήττοιτο	ῥήττοισθον	ῥηττοίσθην	ῥηττοίμεθᾰ	ῥήττοισθε	ῥήττοιντο
	imperative		ῥήττου	ῥηττέσθω	ῥήττεσθον	ῥηττέσθων		ῥήττεσθε	ῥηττέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ῥήττειν				ῥήττεσθαι
participle	m	ῥήττων				ῥηττόμενος
	f	ῥήττουσᾰ				ῥηττομένη
	n	ῥῆττον				ῥηττόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ῥήττω, ῥήττομαι (later)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐρρήγνῡν	ἐρρήγνῡς	ἐρρήγνῡ	ἐρρήγνῠτον	ἐρρηγνῠ́την	ἐρρήγνῠμεν	ἐρρήγνῠτε	ἐρρήγνῠσᾰν
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐρρηγνῠ́μην	ἐρρήγνῠσο	ἐρρήγνῠτο	ἐρρήγνῠσθον	ἐρρηγνῠ́σθην	ἐρρηγνῠ́μεθᾰ	ἐρρήγνῠσθε	ἐρρήγνῠντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐρρήγνῡν, ἐρρηγνῠ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥήγνυσκον	ῥήγνυσκες	ῥήγνυσκε(ν)	ῥηγνύσκετον	ῥηγνυσκέτην	ῥηγνύσκομεν	ῥηγνύσκετε	ῥήγνυσκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ῥηγνυσκόμην	ῥηγνύσκου	ῥηγνύσκετο	ῥηγνύσκεσθον	ῥηγνυσκέσθην	ῥηγνυσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	ῥηγνύσκεσθε	ῥηγνύσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ῥήγνυσκον, ῥηγνυσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥήξω	ῥήξεις	ῥήξει	ῥήξετον	ῥήξετον	ῥήξομεν	ῥήξετε	ῥήξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥήξοιμῐ	ῥήξοις	ῥήξοι	ῥήξοιτον	ῥηξοίτην	ῥήξοιμεν	ῥήξοιτε	ῥήξοιεν
middle	indicative	ῥήξομαι	ῥήξῃ, ῥήξει	ῥήξεται	ῥήξεσθον	ῥήξεσθον	ῥηξόμεθᾰ	ῥήξεσθε	ῥήξονται
	optative	ῥηξοίμην	ῥήξοιο	ῥήξοιτο	ῥήξοισθον	ῥηξοίσθην	ῥηξοίμεθᾰ	ῥήξοισθε	ῥήξοιντο
passive	indicative	ῥᾰγήσομαι	ῥᾰγήσῃ	ῥᾰγήσεται	ῥᾰγήσεσθον	ῥᾰγήσεσθον	ῥᾰγησόμεθᾰ	ῥᾰγήσεσθε	ῥᾰγήσονται
	optative	ῥᾰγησοίμην	ῥᾰγήσοιο	ῥᾰγήσοιτο	ῥᾰγήσοισθον	ῥᾰγησοίσθην	ῥᾰγησοίμεθᾰ	ῥᾰγήσοισθε	ῥᾰγήσοιντο
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ῥήξειν			ῥήξεσθαι		ῥᾰγήσεσθαι
participle	m	ῥήξων			ῥηξόμενος		ῥᾰγησόμενος
	f	ῥήξουσᾰ			ῥηξομένη		ῥᾰγησομένη
	n	ῥῆξον			ῥηξόμενον		ῥᾰγησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ῥήξω, ῥήξομαι, ῥᾰγήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρρηξᾰ	ἔρρηξᾰς	ἔρρηξε(ν)	ἐρρήξᾰτον	ἐρρηξᾰ́την	ἐρρήξᾰμεν	ἐρρήξᾰτε	ἔρρηξᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥήξω	ῥήξῃς	ῥήξῃ	ῥήξητον	ῥήξητον	ῥήξωμεν	ῥήξητε	ῥήξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥήξαιμῐ	ῥήξειᾰς, ῥήξαις	ῥήξειε(ν), ῥήξαι	ῥήξαιτον	ῥηξαίτην	ῥήξαιμεν	ῥήξαιτε	ῥήξειᾰν, ῥήξαιεν
	imperative		ῥῆξον	ῥηξᾰ́τω	ῥήξᾰτον	ῥηξᾰ́των		ῥήξᾰτε	ῥηξᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐρρηξᾰ́μην	ἐρρήξω	ἐρρήξᾰτο	ἐρρήξᾰσθον	ἐρρηξᾰ́σθην	ἐρρηξᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐρρήξᾰσθε	ἐρρήξᾰντο
	subjunctive	ῥήξωμαι	ῥήξῃ	ῥήξηται	ῥήξησθον	ῥήξησθον	ῥηξώμεθᾰ	ῥήξησθε	ῥήξωνται
	optative	ῥηξαίμην	ῥήξαιο	ῥήξαιτο	ῥήξαισθον	ῥηξαίσθην	ῥηξαίμεθᾰ	ῥήξαισθε	ῥήξαιντο
	imperative		ῥῆξαι	ῥηξᾰ́σθω	ῥήξᾰσθον	ῥηξᾰ́σθων		ῥήξᾰσθε	ῥηξᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐρρᾰ́γην	ἐρρᾰ́γης	ἐρρᾰ́γη	ἐρρᾰ́γητον	ἐρρᾰγήτην	ἐρρᾰ́γημεν	ἐρρᾰ́γητε	ἐρρᾰ́γησᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥᾰγῶ	ῥᾰγῇς	ῥᾰγῇ	ῥᾰγῆτον	ῥᾰγῆτον	ῥᾰγῶμεν	ῥᾰγῆτε	ῥᾰγῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥᾰγείην	ῥᾰγείης	ῥᾰγείη	ῥᾰγεῖτον, ῥᾰγείητον	ῥᾰγείτην, ῥᾰγειήτην	ῥᾰγεῖμεν, ῥᾰγείημεν	ῥᾰγεῖτε, ῥᾰγείητε	ῥᾰγεῖεν, ῥᾰγείησᾰν
	imperative		ῥᾰ́γηθῐ	ῥᾰγήτω	ῥᾰ́γητον	ῥᾰγήτων		ῥᾰ́γητε	ῥᾰγέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ῥῆξαι			ῥήξᾰσθαι		ῥᾰγῆναι
participle	m	ῥήξᾱς			ῥηξᾰ́μενος		ῥᾰγείς
	f	ῥήξᾱσᾰ			ῥηξᾰμένη		ῥᾰγεῖσᾰ
	n	ῥῆξᾰν			ῥηξᾰ́μενον		ῥᾰγέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἔρρηξᾰ, ἐρρηξᾰ́μην, ἐρρᾰ́γην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἐρρήχθην	ἐρρήχθης	ἐρρήχθη	ἐρρήχθητον	ἐρρηχθήτην	ἐρρήχθημεν	ἐρρήχθητε	ἐρρήχθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥηχθῶ	ῥηχθῇς	ῥηχθῇ	ῥηχθῆτον	ῥηχθῆτον	ῥηχθῶμεν	ῥηχθῆτε	ῥηχθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥηχθείην	ῥηχθείης	ῥηχθείη	ῥηχθεῖτον, ῥηχθείητον	ῥηχθείτην, ῥηχθειήτην	ῥηχθεῖμεν, ῥηχθείημεν	ῥηχθεῖτε, ῥηχθείητε	ῥηχθεῖεν, ῥηχθείησᾰν
	imperative		ῥήχθητῐ	ῥηχθήτω	ῥήχθητον	ῥηχθήτων		ῥήχθητε	ῥηχθέντων
							passive
infinitive							ῥηχθῆναι
participle	m						ῥηχθείς
	f						ῥηχθεῖσᾰ
	n						ῥηχθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐρρήχθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ῥῆξᾰ	ῥῆξᾰς	ῥῆξε(ν)	ῥήξᾰτον	ῥηξᾰ́την	ῥήξᾰμεν	ῥήξᾰτε	ῥῆξᾰν
	subjunctive	ῥήξω, ῥήξωμῐ	ῥήξῃς, ῥήξῃσθᾰ	ῥήξῃ, ῥήξῃσῐ	ῥήξητον	ῥήξητον	ῥήξωμεν	ῥήξητε	ῥήξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥήξαιμῐ	ῥήξαις, ῥήξαισθᾰ, ῥήξειᾰς	ῥήξειε(ν), ῥήξαι	ῥηξεῖτον	ῥηξείτην	ῥηξεῖμεν	ῥηξεῖτε	ῥηξεῖεν
	imperative		ῥῆξον	ῥηξᾰ́τω	ῥήξᾰτον	ῥηξᾰ́των		ῥήξᾰτε	ῥηξᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ῥηξᾰ́μην	ῥήξᾰο	ῥήξᾰτο	ῥήξᾰσθον	ῥηξᾰ́σθην	ῥηξᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	ῥήξᾰσθε	ῥήξᾰντο
	subjunctive	ῥήξωμαι	ῥήξηαι	ῥήξηται	ῥήξησθον	ῥήξησθον	ῥηξώμε(σ)θᾰ	ῥήξησθε	ῥήξωνται
	optative	ῥηξαίμην	ῥήξαιο	ῥήξαιτο	ῥήξαισθον	ῥηξαίσθην	ῥηξαίμε(σ)θᾰ	ῥήξαισθε	ῥηξαίᾰτο
	imperative		ῥῆξαι	ῥηξᾰ́σθω	ῥήξᾰσθον	ῥηξᾰ́σθων		ῥήξᾰσθε	ῥηξᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ῥᾰ́γην	ῥᾰ́γης	ῥᾰ́γη	ῥᾰ́γητον	ῥᾰγήτην	ῥᾰ́γημεν	ῥᾰ́γητε	ῥᾰ́γησᾰν, ῥᾰ́γεν
	subjunctive	ῥᾰγῶ	ῥᾰγῇς	ῥᾰγῇ	ῥᾰγῆτον	ῥᾰγῆτον	ῥᾰγῶμεν	ῥᾰγῆτε	ῥᾰγῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ῥᾰγείην	ῥᾰγείης	ῥᾰγείη	ῥᾰγεῖτον, ῥᾰγείητον	ῥᾰγείτην, ῥᾰγειήτην	ῥᾰγεῖμεν, ῥᾰγείημεν	ῥᾰγεῖτε, ῥᾰγείητε	ῥᾰ́γειεν, ῥᾰγείησᾰν
	imperative		ῥᾰ́γηθῐ	ῥᾰγήτω	ῥᾰ́γητον	ῥᾰγήτων		ῥᾰ́γητε	ῥᾰγέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ῥῆξαι/ῥηξᾰ́μεν/ῥηξᾰμέναι			ῥήξᾰσθαι		ῥᾰγῆναι/ῥᾰγήμεναι
participle	m	ῥήξᾱς			ῥηξᾰ́μενος		ῥᾰγείς
	f	ῥήξᾱσᾰ			ῥηξᾰμένη		ῥᾰγεῖσᾰ
	n	ῥῆξᾰν			ῥηξᾰ́μενον		ῥᾰγέν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ῥῆξᾰ, ῥηξᾰ́μην, ῥᾰ́γην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρρηχᾰ	ἔρρηχᾰς	ἔρρηχε(ν)	ἐρρήχᾰτον	ἐρρήχᾰτον	ἐρρήχᾰμεν	ἐρρήχᾰτε	ἐρρήχᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐρρήχω	ἐρρήχῃς	ἐρρήχῃ	ἐρρήχητον	ἐρρήχητον	ἐρρήχωμεν	ἐρρήχητε	ἐρρήχωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐρρήχοιμῐ, ἐρρηχοίην	ἐρρήχοις, ἐρρηχοίης	ἐρρήχοι, ἐρρηχοίη	ἐρρήχοιτον	ἐρρηχοίτην	ἐρρήχοιμεν	ἐρρήχοιτε	ἐρρήχοιεν
	imperative		ἔρρηχε	ἐρρηχέτω	ἐρρήχετον	ἐρρηχέτων		ἐρρήχετε	ἐρρηχόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἔρρηγμαι	ἔρρηξαι	ἔρρηκται	ἔρρηχθον	ἔρρηχθον	ἐρρήγμεθᾰ	ἔρρηχθε	ἐρρήγᾰται
	subjunctive	ἐρρηγμένος ὦ	ἐρρηγμένος ᾖς	ἐρρηγμένος ᾖ	ἐρρηγμένω ἦτον	ἐρρηγμένω ἦτον	ἐρρηγμένοι ὦμεν	ἐρρηγμένοι ἦτε	ἐρρηγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐρρηγμένος εἴην	ἐρρηγμένος εἴης	ἐρρηγμένος εἴη	ἐρρηγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐρρηγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐρρηγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐρρηγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐρρηγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἔρρηξο	ἐρρήχθω	ἔρρηχθον	ἐρρήχθων		ἔρρηχθε	ἐρρήχθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐρρηχέναι				ἐρρῆχθαι
participle	m	ἐρρηχώς				ἐρρηγμένος
	f	ἐρρηχυῖᾰ				ἐρρηγμένη
	n	ἐρρηχός				ἐρρηγμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἔρρηχᾰ, ἔρρηγμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔρρωγᾰ	ἔρρωγᾰς	ἔρρωγε(ν)	ἐρρώγᾰτον	ἐρρώγᾰτον	ἐρρώγᾰμεν	ἐρρώγᾰτε	ἐρρώγᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐρρώγω	ἐρρώγῃς	ἐρρώγῃ	ἐρρώγητον	ἐρρώγητον	ἐρρώγωμεν	ἐρρώγητε	ἐρρώγωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐρρώγοιμῐ, ἐρρωγοίην	ἐρρώγοις, ἐρρωγοίης	ἐρρώγοι, ἐρρωγοίη	ἐρρώγοιτον	ἐρρωγοίτην	ἐρρώγοιμεν	ἐρρώγοιτε	ἐρρώγοιεν
	imperative		ἔρρωγε	ἐρρωγέτω	ἐρρώγετον	ἐρρωγέτων		ἐρρώγετε	ἐρρωγόντων
		active
infinitive		ἐρρωγέναι
participle	m	ἐρρωγώς
	f	ἐρρωγυῖᾰ
	n	ἐρρωγός
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἔρρωγᾰ (intransitive)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐρρώγειν, ἐρρώγη	ἐρρώγεις, ἐρρώγης	ἐρρώγει(ν)	ἐρρώγετον	ἐρρωγέτην	ἐρρώγεμεν	ἐρρώγετε	ἐρρώγεσᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Pluperfect: ἐρρώγειν

Derived terms

• αἱμορρᾰγής (haimorrhagḗs)
• ἁλιρρᾰγής (halirrhagḗs)
• ἀμφῐρρήγνῡμῐ (amphirrhḗgnūmi)
• ἀνᾰρρήγνῡμῐ (anarrhḗgnūmi)
• ἀντῐρρήγνῡμῐ (antirrhḗgnūmi)
• ἀπορρήγνῡμῐ (aporrhḗgnūmi)
• ἀρρᾰγής (arrhagḗs)
• ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)
• δῐᾰρρήγνῡμῐ (diarrhḗgnūmi)
• δῐχορρᾰγής (dikhorrhagḗs)
• δυσρᾰγής (dusragḗs)
• ἐκρήγνῡμῐ (ekrḗgnūmi)
• ἐνρήγνῡμῐ (enrḗgnūmi)
• ἐπῐρρήγνῡμῐ (epirrhḗgnūmi)
• ἡμιρρᾰγής (hēmirrhagḗs)
• κᾰτᾰρρήγνῡμῐ (katarrhḗgnūmi)
• μεσορρᾰγής (mesorrhagḗs)
• νεορρᾰγής (neorrhagḗs)
• πᾰρᾰρρήγνῡμῐ (pararrhḗgnūmi)
• περιρρήγνῡμῐ (perirrhḗgnūmi)
• ποδορρᾰγής (podorrhagḗs)
• πολυρρᾰγής (polurrhagḗs)
• προρρήγνῠμαι (prorrhḗgnumai)
• προσρήγνῡμῐ (prosrḗgnūmi)
• πῠρορρᾰγής (purorrhagḗs)
• ῥηγμίν (rhēgmín)
• συρρήγνῡμῐ (surrhḗgnūmi)
• ὑπορρήγνῡμῐ (huporrhḗgnūmi)
• φλοιορρᾰγής (phloiorrhagḗs)
• χρῡσορρᾰγής (khrūsorrhagḗs)
• ψῡχορρᾰγής (psūkhorrhagḗs)

 

Related terms

• ῥᾰγάς (rhagás)
• ῥᾰγώδης (rhagṓdēs)
• ῥᾰκτός (rhaktós)
• ῥῆγμᾰ (rhêgma)
• ῥηγμός (rhēgmós)
• ῥήκτης (rhḗktēs)
• ῥηκτῐκός (rhēktikós)
• ῥηκτός (rhēktós)
• ῥῆξῐς (rhêxis)
• ῥώξ (rhṓx)

 

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1282-3

Further reading

• “ῥήγνυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥήγνυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ῥήγνυμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥήγνυμι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ῥήγνυμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ῥήγνυμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G4486 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible