rumpō rūpī, ruptus, ere RVP-, to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture, break asunder, burst in pieces, force open: vincula: obstantia claustra, H.: pontem, break down, L.: montem aceto, Iu.: arcum, Ph.: plumbum, H.: vestīs, O.: praecordia ferro, pierce, O.: guttura ferro, cut, O.: ruptus turbo, bursting forth, V.: inmensae ruperunt horrea messes, crammed to bursting, V.

—Of the body, to break, split, burst, break open, rend, tear: ut me ambulando rumperet, i. e. kill with errands, T.: si quis rumpet occidetve, wounds, L. (old form.): ilia, V.: Rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc., i. e. the effort to shout as loud as, etc., H.: si te ruperis, H.: cantando rumpitur anguis, bursts, V.: quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, could have burst.

—To burst through, break through: media agmina, V.: ruptā mersum caput obruit undā, O.: ordines, L.

—To break open, cause to break forth: fontem, O.: ubi inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii, burst forth, V.: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus, V.

—Of a way or passage, to force, make by force: ferro rumpenda per hostīs Est via, must be forced, V.: eo cuneo viam, L.

—Fig., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt: feodera: imperium, Cu.: sacramenti religionem, L.: ius gentium, L.: edicta, H.: decreta, O.: testamentum ruptum, annulled: nuptias, H.: fata aspera, V.: fati necessitatem humanis consiliis, L.

—To break in upon, interrupt, cut short, end: somnum, V.: novissima verba, O.: segnīs Rumpe moras, end delay, V.: tibi reditum, cut off, H.

—To break out in, give utterance to: rumpit has imo pectore voces, V.: questūs, V.