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|Definition=[ῑ], Ep. subj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> βρίθῃσι <span class="bibl">Od.19.112</span>: Ep. impf. βρῖθον <span class="bibl">9.219</span>: fut. βρίσω <span class="bibl">B.9.47</span>, Ep. inf. -έμεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>456</span>: aor. ἔβρῑσα <span class="bibl">Il.12.346</span>, etc.: pf. βέβρῑθα <span class="bibl">16.384</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.133</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>305</span>: plpf. βεβρίθει <span class="bibl">Od. 16.474</span>:—Pass. (v. infr.):—poet. Verb (also in later Prose, v. infr.), [[to be heavy]] or [[weighed down with]], c. dat., σταφυλῇσι βρίθουσαν ἀλωήν <span class="bibl">Il.18.561</span>; βρίθῃσι δὲ δένδρεα καρπῷ <span class="bibl">Od.19.112</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.474</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ λαίλαπι… βέβριθε χθών</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ὕδατι</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.16.384</span>; <b class="b3">βότρυσι, καρποῖς</b>, <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>3.113a</span>, <span class="bibl">7.230d</span>: metaph., ἀλάστωρ ξίφεσι βρίθων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1557</span> (lyr.); ὄλβῳ β. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>216</span> (lyr.); πίνῳ… βέβριθα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>305</span>; κάτω β. περὶ τὴν ὔλην <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>5.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[to be laden with]] or [[full of]], τράπεζαι σίτου καὶ κρειῶν ἠδ' οἴνου βεβρίθασι <span class="bibl">Od.15.334</span>; πάντα δ' ἐρίθων ἀραχνᾶν βρίθει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>286</span>; πεδιὰς βρίθουσα ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.217</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., βούβρωστις φόνον βρίθουσα <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>793.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> abs., [[to be heavy]], <b class="b3">ἔρις… βεβριθυῖα</b>( = [[βαρεῖα]]) <span class="bibl">Il.21.385</span>; εὔχεσθαι… βρίθειν Δημήτερος ἱερὸν ἀκτήν <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>466</span>; so in Hp. and later Prose, <b class="b3">ᾗ ἂν… βρίσῃ</b> wherein [[the weight is thrown]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Flat.</span>10</span>; <b class="b3">βεβρίθασιν οἱ τιτθοί</b> [[are loaded]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.133</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.330</span>, etc.; ἐς γόνατα ἡ κεφαλὴ β. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.18</span>: but rare in Att., <b class="b3">βρίθει ὁ ἵππος</b> [[bows]] or [[sinks]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>247b</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν βρίσῃ [ὁ κύκλος] ἐπὶ θάτερον μέρος</b> [[inclines]] to one side, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>915b3</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">πᾷ τύχα βρίσει</b> how Fortune [[will incline the scales]], <span class="bibl">B.9.47</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of men, [[outweigh]], [[prevail]], ἐέδνοισι βρίσας <span class="bibl">Od.6.159</span>: abs., <b class="b2">have the preponderance in fight, prevail</b>, ὧδε γὰρ ἔβρισαν Αυκίων ἀγοί <span class="bibl">Il.12.346</span>; τῇ δὲ γὰρ ἔβρισαν… Ἕκτωρ Αἰνείας τε <span class="bibl">17.512</span>; <b class="b3">βρίσαντες ἔβησαν</b> charged [[with their might]], ib.<span class="bibl">233</span>; later <b class="b3">εὐδοξίᾳ β</b>. [[to be mighty]] in... <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.40</span>; εἰ… χειρὶ βρίθεις ἢ πλούτου βάθει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>130</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> trans., [[weigh down]], [[load]], ὅσπερ Κινύραν ἔβρισε πλούτῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.18</span>; τάλαντα βρίσας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>346</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[to be laden]], <b class="b3">μήκων καρπῷ βριθομένη</b> [[laden]] with fruit, <span class="bibl">Il.8.307</span>; <b class="b3">μόροισι βρίθεται [ἡ βάτος</b>] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>116</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ δ' οὐ βρίθεται [ἡ τράπεζα</b>]; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>467</span>; <b class="b3">ἐβρίθοντο ἀϊόνες [σώμασι</b>] <span class="bibl">Tim.<span class="title">Pers.</span>108</span>; πλοῦτον χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ -όμενον <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.86b</span>: c. gen., πέτηλα βριθόμενα σταχύων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>290</span>; συμποσίων… βρίθοντ' ἀγυιαί B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>3.12; βριθομένης ἀγαθῶν τραπέζης <span class="bibl">Pherecr.190</span> (hex.); βριθομένη χαρίτων <span class="title">AP</span>5.193 (Posidipp. or Asclep.): abs., ἄξονες βριθόμενοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>153</span> (lyr.). (Cf. <b class="b3">βρῖ</b>.)</span>