βρῡχάομαι

βρῡχάομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `roar, bellow' (Il.).

Other forms: Perf. βέβρῡχα (w. pres. meaning), Aor. βρυχήσασθαι

Derivatives: βρυχηθμός `roar(ing)' (Arist.), βρύχημα `id.' (A.); retrograde βρυχή (Opp., cf. βρύχω); - βρυχητής , βρυχητήρ. - βρυχηδόν (A. R.). - Perhaps here also βρούχετος .. βάτραχον δε Κύπριοι, βρυχός κήρυξ H. (also βρυκός). - For the forms s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 95 n. 3 (S. 96).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: The intensive perfect βέβρυχα (cf. μέμυκα etc.) was the basis of βρυχάομαι. Prob. onomatopoetic like βρῡ́κω, βρῡ́χω.

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