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)