to burst

Greek Verb

λάσκω 1) (in cl, poët.) to clang, crash, crack; in late prose, to crack or burst noisily: Act.1:18 (ἐλάκησεν, perh, however, from λακέω, which see; Bl, in l). 2) (in cl, prose) to scream, shout. λακέω, Dor. for ληκέω = λάσκω, q.v (AS)

to burst

Greek Verb

λάσκω, imperfect ἔλασκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future λᾰκήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἐλάκησα [ᾰ[Refs]aorist 2 ἔλᾰκον, Epic dialect λάκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔληξα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect λέληκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle feminine λελᾰκυῖα [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, see below [Refs]:—ring, rattle, crash: I) of things, ring when struck, λάκε χαλκὸς νυσσομένων ξίφεσίν τε καὶ ἔγχεσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also λάκε δ᾽ ὀστέα the bones cracked, broke with a crash, [Refs]; λάκε δ᾽ ἀμφὶ πυρὶ ὕλη crackled, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι creaked under the weight, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —this sense occurs only in aorist 2 active II) of animals, scream, of the falcon, ὀξὺ λεληκώς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the nightingale in the falcon's talons, τί λέληκα; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, of dogs, howl, bay, Σκύλλη. δεινὸν λελακυῖα Od.[same place]; rare in Prose, οὐ μινυρίζει οὐδὲ λέληκεν, of the black eagle, Arist.[same place]:—this sense occurs only in perfect, except in Epic dialect aorist middle, κύνες λελάκοντο [Refs] III) of human beings, shout, scream, cry aloud, λέληκεν ἢν καὶ μηδέν᾽ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾷ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τί λέλακα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence of Oracles, utter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, sing, πρὸς αὐλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) with accusative cognate, shriek forth, utter aloud, ὀλολυγμόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στονόεν λέλακε χώρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to crack open (from a fall); burst asunder; a strengthened form of a primary verb, which only occurs in this and another prolonged form as alternate in certain tenses