βρυχάομαι

βρῡχ-άομαι, [tense] aor. ἐβρυχησάμην, [dialect] Ep.

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βρυχ- A.R.4.19

, Max.Tyr. 31.3, D.C.68.24, ([etym.] ἀν-) Pl.Phd.117d; also ἐβρυχήθην (v. infr.): [dialect] Ep. [tense] pf.

βέβρῡχα Od.5.412

, al.: [tense] plpf.

ἐβεβρύχει 12.242

:—onomatop. Verb, roar, bellow, prop. of lions, acc. to Hsch. and Ammon.; of a bull,

ταῦρος ὣς βρυχώμενος S.Aj.322

, cf. Ar.Ra.823; of wild beasts,

δεινὸν δ' ἐβρυχῶντο Theoc.25.137

; of the elephant, Plu.Pyrrh.33: in Il. mostly of the death-cry of wounded men,

κεῖτο τανυσθείς, βεβρυχώς 13.393

; so βρυχώμενον σπασμοῖσι, of Hercules, S.Tr.805, cf. 904; βέβρυχα κλαίων ib.1072;

δεινὰ βρυχηθείς Id.OT1265

; later, of an infant's wail, Men.1004;

κλαίων καὶ β. Alciphr.1.35

; also of the roaring of waves,

ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα βέβρυχεν ῥόθιον Od.5.412

, cf. Il.17.264;

ἀμφὶ δὲ πέτρη δεινὸν βεβρύχει Od.12.242

, cf. Aristid.Or.17(15).14; βρυχομένη (as if from βρύχομαι) is required by the metre in Q.S. 14.484, cf. βρύχεται· μαίνεται, Hsch.; but βρυχῶνται, -ώμενος shd. be read in Hp.Morb.Sacr.1, Luc.DMar.1.4.