βρύκω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

 

Verb

βρύκω (brúkō)

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

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  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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