- Burst
- v. trans.Break: P. and V. ἀπορρηγνύναι, καταρρηγνύναι, καταγνύναι, ῥηγνύναι (P. usually compounded); see {{U}}Break.V. intrans. P. and V. διαρρήγνυσθαι, ῥήγνυσθαι.Of a storm: V. ἐκπνεῖν.met., come on: P. and V. ἐπέρχεσθαι.When the storm bursts: V. σκηπτοῦ ʼπιόντος (Eur., Rhes. 674).Burst forth: V. ἐκρήγνυσθαι.Burst forth in anger: V. ἐξαναζεῖν χόλον.So that a bloody foam burst forth from the sea: V. ὡς αἱματηρὸν πέλανον ἐξανθεῖν ἅλος (Eur., I.T. 300).Burst in or into: Ar. and P. εἰσπηδᾶν (εἰς, acc.), V. εἰσορμᾶσθαι (acc.), ἐπεισπίπτειν (acc. or dat.) (also Xen. but rare P.), εἰσπαίειν (absol.), P. and V. εἰσπίπτειν (P. εἰς, acc.; V. dat. alone), Ar. ἐπεισπαίειν (εἰς, acc.), ἐπεισπηδᾶν (absol.), Ar. and V. ἐμπίπτειν (dat. or εἰς, acc.).Bursting into tears: V. δακρύων ῥήξασα ... νάματα (Soph., Trach.919).Burst out, rush out: P. and V. ἐξορμᾶσθαι, ἐκπίπτειν.Burst out laughing: P. ἐκγελᾶν.Burst out into (lamentation, etc.): P. and V. καθίστασθαι (εἰς, acc.).Burst out into eruptions (of the skin): P. ἕλκεσιν ἐξανθεῖν (Thuc. 2, 49).The whole plot would have burst over the city like a torrent: P. ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἂν ἅπαν τὸ πρᾶγμα εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσέπεσεν (Dem. 278).——————subs.When in a burst of passion she passed within the antechamber: V. ὅπως γὰρ ὀργῇ χρωμένη παρῆλθʼ ἔσω θυρῶνος (Soph., O.R. 1241).
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.