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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">bite, eat greedely</b>, beside <b class="b3">βρύχω</b> <b class="b2">grind the teeth</b> but the distinction is not always clear (Com.)<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">βρῦξαι</b>, fut. <b class="b3">βρύξω</b>. Also <b class="b3">βρύχω</b> (Hp. ).<br />Dialectal forms: <b class="b3">βρύκω</b> Att. acc. to Moeris and Ammon.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βρυγμός</b> (Eup.); <b class="b3">βρυκετός ταὑτὸν τῳ̃ βρυγμῳ̃</b>, <b class="b3">καὶ βρυκηθμὸς ὁμοίως</b>. <b class="b3">Δωριεῖς</b> H.; cf. <b class="b3">δακετόν</b>, <b class="b3">βρυχηθμός</b>; - <b class="b3">βρυκεδανός πολυφάγος</b> ... H., cf. <b class="b3">πευκεδανός</b>; - <b class="b3">βρύγδην</b> <b class="b2">w. clenched teeth?</b> (AP).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: If <b class="b3">κ</b> in <b class="b3">βρύκω</b> came for <b class="b3">γ</b> or <b class="b3">χ</b> in <b class="b3">βρῦξαι</b>, <b class="b3">βρύξω</b>, <b class="b3">βρύκω</b> may continue <b class="b2">*gʷrūǵ(h)ō</b> like OCS <b class="b2">gryzǫ</b>, [[grysti]] [[gnaw]]; with ablaut Lith. <b class="b2">gráužiu</b>, <b class="b2">gráužti</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>. Cf. also Arm. [[krcem]] [[gnaw]] < <b class="b2">*kurcem</b> (with metathese as in [[turc]], Gen. [[trcoy]] [[γνάθος]]?). S. Lidén Armen. Stud. 34f. From Celtic one cites OIr. [[brōn]] [[sorrow]], Welsh [[brwyn]] <b class="b2">biting pain</b> (< <b class="b2">*brugnos</b>). S. Pok. 485f. - Cf. [[βρῦν]], <b class="b3">βρυχάομαι</b>, <b class="b3">βρύχιος</b>.

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