- βρέχω
- βρέχωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `wet, drench' (Hp.).Other forms: Aor. βρέξαι, βρεχθῆναι, βραχῆναι; ἀναβέβροχεν Il. 17, 54.Derivatives: βροχή `rain, moistening, inundation' (Democr.), βροχετός (AP), βροχμός , βρέγμα (Erot.). - βροχίς `ink-horn' (AP), βρόχιον `id.' (Pap.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [738] *mergʰ- `wet, moisten'Etymology: Connected with Latv. merguôt `rain slowly', merga `soft rain', Russ. morosítь `rain slowly', which can go back on *mergʰ-, morgʰ- (Trautmann, Balt.-slav. Wb. 182); βρεχω would require *mregʰ- (cf. on βρέφος; sec. full grade on the basis of zero grade *βραχ-?). There is a difference in meaning, which seems no decisive obstacle; complicated theory by Fraenkel, Glotta 12 (1914)1f. Cf. βρύχιος.Page in Frisk: 1,267
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.