αι44Αἰγίζειν
to rend asunder
[Meaning] to tear apart. [The verb is formed] out of a metaphor; from which also 'to be rent asunder' [ai)gi/zesqai] [is derived] from squalls [kataigi/des]. Aeschylus [uses the word]. The same [author] in Hedone also…
Αἰγίζειν· διασπᾶν. ἐκ μεταφορᾶς· παρ' ὃ καὶ τὸ αἰγίζεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν καταιγίδων. Αἰσχύλος. ὁ δ' αὐτὸς ἐν Ἡδονῇ καὶ τὰς νεβρίδας οὕτω καλεῖ.