βρύκω

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Beekes suggests that it derives from Proto-Indo-European *gʷruHǵʰ- and compares Old Church Slavonic грꙑсти (grysti), and possibly Old Armenian կրծեմ (krcem).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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βρύκω (brúkō)

  1. to devour, gobble
  2. to bite, chew
  3. to gnash, grind one's teeth

Inflection

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρύκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

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