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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Babr.108.9</span>, (cf. <b class="b3">βρώζω, βορά</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> · βρώσομαι <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.40</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἔβρωσα</b> (ἀν-) <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>134</span>; inf. <b class="b3">βρῶξαι</b> (κατα-) Epic. in <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>7.5: Ep. aor. 2 ἔβρων <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>49</span>, (κατ-) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>127</span> : pf. βέβρωκα <span class="bibl">Il.22.94</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.68</span>; sync. part. <b class="b3">βεβρώς, ῶτος</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1022</span>; opt. <b class="b3">βεβρώθοις</b>, as iffrom pf. <b class="b3">βέβρωθα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.35</span>:—Pass., pres., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>4</span>:fut. βρωθήσομαι Lyc.1421, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.227</span>; βεβρώσομαι <span class="bibl">Od.2.203</span>: aor ἐβρώθην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>37</span>, etc., (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.16</span>: pf. βέβρωμαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1097</span> (lyr.), (δια-) <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>83a</span>, (κατα-) <span class="title">SIG</span>2587.310: plpf. ἐβέβρωτο <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.19</span>. —In Ion. Prose and LXX <b class="b3">βέβρωκα ἐβρώθην βέβρωμαι</b> take the place of Att. <b class="b3">ἐδήδοκα ἠδέσθην ἐδήδεσμαι</b>:—[[eat]], [[eat up]], βεβρωκὼς κακὰ φάρμακ' <span class="bibl">Il.22.94</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν βεβρ</b>. <span class="bibl">Eup.68</span>: c. gen., [[eat of]] a thing, [λέων] βεβρωκὼς βοός <span class="bibl">Od.22.403</span>; τῶν μελῶν βεβρωκότες <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>463</span>; κρειῶν τε καὶ αἵματος <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.224</span>: abs., <b class="b3">βεβρωκώς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πεινῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 629b9</span>; β. καὶ πεπωκώς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>232</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.72.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>6.13</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be eaten</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>37</span>; of teeth, [[decay]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.19</span>; <b class="b3">χρήματα δ' αὖτε κακῶς βεβρώοεται</b> <b class="b2">will be devoured</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.203</span>; <b class="b3">βεβρωμένοι ἄρτοι</b> [[mouldy]] bread, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jo.</span>9.12</span>; <b class="b3">ῥίζα βεβρ</b>. <b class="b2">worm-eaten</b>, Dsc.3.9; <b class="b2">to be bitten</b>, ὑπὸ τῶν κροκοδείλων Gal.14.246.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[devour]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: The meaning implies not so much a present (for which <b class="b3">ἐσθίω</b> is used to a certain extent). <b class="b3">βέβρωκα</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">βεβρώθοις Δ</b> 35 (s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 429), <b class="b3">βεβρώσεται</b> (Od.), <b class="b3">βέβρωμαι</b> (A.), <b class="b3">ἔβρων</b> (h. Ap. 122), (hell.), <b class="b3">ἐβρώθην</b> (Hdt.). Other forms are late: <b class="b3">βρώζω</b> (Herod.), fut. <b class="b3">βρώσομαι</b>, <b class="b3">βιβρώσκω</b> (Babr.), <b class="b3">ἀναβρώσκων</b> (H.), <b class="b3">ἔβρωσα</b>, <b class="b3">-ξα</b> (Hell.). Desider. <b class="b3">βρωσείω</b> <b class="b2">desire to eat</b> (Call.).<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ὠμο-βρώς</b>, <b class="b3">-τος</b>. <b class="b3">δημο-</b> (devouring his people), <b class="b3">θυμο-βόρος</b> (Il.), cf. Lat. <b class="b2">carni-vorus</b>.<br />Derivatives: Nom. actionis: <b class="b3">βρωτύς</b> (Il.) and <b class="b3">βρῶσις</b> (Il.) [[food]] (Chantr., BSL 59, 1964) 11-22); also <b class="b3">βρώμη</b> (Od.), <b class="b3">βρῶμα</b> (Ion.-Att.); <b class="b3">βρωτόν</b> (E.); <b class="b3">βρώσιμος</b> [[eatable]] (A.). - Nom. agentis: <b class="b3">βρωτήρ</b> (A.), as [[moth]] also <b class="b3">βρωστήρ</b> (Aq.). <b class="b3">βορά</b> [[food]] (of a predator). - On [[βούβρωστις]] s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [474] <b class="b2">*gʷerh₃-</b> [[devour]]<br />Etymology: Root <b class="b2">*gʷerh₃-</b>. The zero grade in the verbal adj. <b class="b3">βρωτός</b>, which agrees with Lith. <b class="b2">gìrtas</b> [[drunk]] and Skt. <b class="b2">gīrṇá-</b> [[devoured]]. The aor. in Arm. 3. sg. [[eker]] (<b class="b2">*e-gʷerh₃-et</b> = Gr. <b class="b3">*ἔδερε</b>, <b class="b3">*ἔβερε</b>) to pres. [[utem]] ; Skt. aor. [[garat]], [[gārīt]]; Greek has <b class="b3">ἔβρως</b> etc., with zero grade generalized from the plural. Perf. Skt. [[jagāra]] (<b class="b2">*gʷe-gʷorh₃-e</b> = Gr. <b class="b3">*βέβορε</b>). Greek generalized <b class="b3">βρω-</b> from the verb. adj. and the plural aor. and perf. Pres. Skt. <b class="b2">giráti</b> < <b class="b2">*gʷrh₃-e\/o-</b>, which agrees with OCS. <b class="b2">žьrǫ</b>. Lat. [[vorāre]] may be denom. - Not here [[βάραθρον]]. Cf. [[δέρη]].