βρύκος
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
κῆρυξ (cf. βρύοχος), οἱ δὲ βάρβαρος (cf. βρούχετος), οἱ δὲ ἀττέλεβος (cf. βροῦκος), Hsch.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: κῆρυξ, οἱ δε βάρβαρος, οἱ δε ἀττελεβος. H.
Other forms: βρύκαιναι ἱέρειαι ὑπὸ Δωριέων H. Also βρυχός κῆρυξ H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: On ἀττέλεβος see βροῦκος; on βάρβαρος see βρίκελοι. For βρυχός cf. the epiclesis of Hermes as Βρυχαλείο at Pharsalos (Dettori, Myrtia 15 (2000) 27-33). Further unknown.
