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|mdlsjtxt=[From [[same]] Root as [[βριαρός]].]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to be [[heavy]] or weighed [[down]] with a [[thing]], c. dat., of [[fruit]]-trees, Hom.; metaph., ὄλβωι βρίθειν Eur.; ξίφεσι βρ. to [[visit]] [[heavily]] with the [[sword]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. gen. to [[groan]] with [[weight]] of a [[thing]], σίτου, οἴνου Od.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol. to be [[heavy]], Il.; [[rare]] in [[attic]], βρίθει ὁ [[ἵππος]] sinks, Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of men, to [[outweigh]], [[prevail]], ἐέδνοισι by gifts, Od.: absol. to [[have]] the [[preponderance]] in [[fight]], to be [[master]], [[prevail]], Il.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[transitive|trans.]] to [[weigh]] [[down]], Aesch.:—Pass. to be laden, καρπῶι βριθομένη laden with [[fruit]], Il.:—c. gen., βρίθεσθαι σταχύων Hes.