βρύκω

βρύκω or [full] βρύχω [pron. full] [ῡ] (the former [dialect] Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distn. βρύκω

A bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly [tense] pres.: [tense] fut.

βρύξω Hp.Mul.1.2

, Lyc.678: [tense] aor.

ἔβρυξα Hp. Epid.5.86

, Nic.Th.207, al., AP7.624 (Diod.), ([etym.] ἐπ-) Archipp.35: [tense] aor. 2

ἔβρῠχε AP9.252

(late, perh. [tense] impf.): for βέβρῡχα, v. βρυχάομαι: —[voice] Pass., v. infr.:—eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Hom.Epigr.14.13;

ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα] . . βρύκειν E. Cyc.358

, cf. 372;

πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ' Ar.Pax1315

; bite, βρύκουσ' ἀπέδεσθαι . . τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Id.Av.26; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε

τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Id.Lys.301

; later, simply, devour, consume, Nic.Al. 489, al.; βρύξας, of the sea, is perh. f.l. for βρόξας in AP7.624 (Diod.): metaph., tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease,

βρύκει S.Tr.987

(lyr.);

βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν Cratin.58

;

τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει Diph. 43.27

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι S.Ph.745

;

βρυχθεὶς ἁλί AP9.267

(Phil.).

II gnash or grind the teeth,

τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει Hp.Mul.1.7

, etc., cf. AP15.51 (Arch.);

τὸ στόμα β. Babr.95.45

;

β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα Act.Ap.7.54

; also βρύχει alone, Hp. Mul.2.120; also intr., οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι ib.1.36;

βρῦκον στόμα Nic. Al.226

, cf. Th.207, al.:—[voice] Med.,

βρύχονται Hp.Morb.Sacr.1

(prob.).