βρύκω

English (LSJ)

or βρύχω [ῡ] (the former Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distn. βρύκω

   A bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly pres.: fut. βρύξω Hp.Mul.1.2, Lyc.678: aor. ἔβρυξα Hp. Epid.5.86, Nic.Th.207, al., AP7.624 (Diod.), (ἐπ-) Archipp.35: aor. 2 ἔβρῠχε AP9.252 (late, perh. impf.): for βέβρῡχα, v. βρυχάομαι: —Pass., v. infr.:—eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Hom.Epigr.14.13; ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα] . . βρύκειν E. Cyc.358, cf. 372; πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ' Ar.Pax1315; bite, βρύκουσ' ἀπέδεσθαι . . τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Id.Av.26; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Id.Lys.301; later, simply, devour, consume, Nic.Al. 489, al.; βρύξας, of the sea, is perh. f.l. for βρόξας in AP7.624 (Diod.): metaph., tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease, βρύκει S.Tr.987 (lyr.); βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν Cratin.58; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει Diph. 43.27:—Pass., ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι S.Ph.745; βρυχθεὶς ἁλί AP9.267 (Phil.).    II gnash or grind the teeth, τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει Hp.Mul.1.7, etc., cf. AP15.51 (Arch.); τὸ στόμα β. Babr.95.45; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα Act.Ap.7.54; also βρύχει alone, Hp. Mul.2.120; also intr., οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι ib.1.36; βρῦκον στόμα Nic. Al.226, cf. Th.207, al.:—Med., βρύχονται Hp.Morb.Sacr.1 (prob.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 466] beißen, Soph. Trach. 987; τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν Ath. III, 91 c; zerbeißen, verschlingen, Ar. Av. 26 Pax 1270 Lys. 301; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει καὶ σπαθᾷ Diphil. Ath. VII, 292 (v. 27); vom Meere, βρύξας τινά Diod. 16 (VII, 624); pass., ἁλὶ βρυχθείς Philp. 77 (IX, 267); öfter bei Nic., der auch intrans. βρῦκον στόμα, der zugebissene Mund, sagt, Al. 226; Zähneknirschen, Hom. ep. 15, 13; vgl. βρύχω.