βρύκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or βρύχω [ῡ] (the former Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distinction [[βρύκω]] <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bite]], [[βρύχω]] [[gnash]] does not hold good), mostly pres.: fut. βρύξω <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.2</span>, Lyc.678: aor. ἔβρυξα <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>5.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>207</span>, al., <span class="title">AP</span>7.624 (Diod.), (ἐπ-) <span class="bibl">Archipp.35</span>: aor. 2 ἔβρῠχε <span class="title">AP</span>9.252 (late, perhaps impf.): for [[βέβρῡχα]], v. [[βρυχάομαι]]: —Pass., v. infr.:—[[eat greedily]], [[gobble]], <b class="b3">γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει</b> [[champs]] the bit, <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>14.13</span>; ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα]… βρύκειν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Cyc.</span>358</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">372</span>; πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ' <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1315</span>; [[bite]], <b class="b3">βρύκουσ' ἀπέδεσθαι… τοὺς δακτύλους</b> [[biting]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>26</span>; of smoke, <b class="b3">ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε</b> τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>301</span>; later, simply, [[devour]], [[consume]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span> 489</span>, al.; [[βρύξας]], of the sea, is perhaps f.l. for [[βρόξας]] in <span class="title">AP</span>7.624 (Diod.): metaph., [[tear in pieces]], [[devour]], of a gnawing disease, βρύκει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>987</span> (lyr.); βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν <span class="bibl">Cratin.58</span>; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει <span class="bibl">Diph. 43.27</span>:—Pass., ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>745</span>; βρυχθεὶς ἁλί <span class="title">AP</span>9.267 (Phil.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[gnash]] or [[grind]] the teeth, τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.7</span>, etc., cf. <span class="title">AP</span>15.51 (Arch.); τὸ στόμα β. <span class="bibl">Babr.95.45</span>; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>7.54</span>; also [[βρύχει]] alone, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Mul.</span>2.120</span>; also intr., <b class="b3">οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.36</span>; βρῦκον στόμα <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Al.</span>226</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>207</span>, al.:—Med., βρύχονται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.Sacr.</span>1</span> (prob.).</span>