per-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a., to break through.
I Neutr. , to break or rush through , to force one's way through : per medios hostes perrumpunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 39: in vestibulum templi, Liv. 3, 18: in urbem, id. 10, 41: in triclinium usque, Suet. Oth. 8.— Impers. pass. : nec per castra eorum perrumpi ad Capuam posse, Liv. 26, 7. —
II Act.
1 In gen., to break through any thing: ut rates perrumperet, Caes. B. C. 1, 26: perrumpitur concretus aër, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42: bipenni Limina, Verg. A. 2, 479: laterum cratem, Ov. M. 12, 370: costam, Cels. 8, 9.—
2 In partic., to force one's way through any thing: paludem, Caes. B. G. 7, 19: acie perruptā, Vell. 2, 112, 6; Tac. H. 2, 44: perruptus hostis, id. A. 1, 51: Acheronta, Hor. C. 1, 3, 36.—
B Trop., to break through , break down , overcome : leges, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36: periculum, id. Part. 32, 112: quaestiones, id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 13: perrumpi affectu aliquo, Tac. A. 3, 15: magistratus, qui te invito perrumpunt, overcome your modesty , id. ib. 4, 40: fastidia, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 25.