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βρέχω

brecho

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Where it lives

James 2 · 11.7/10k
Amos 3 · 9.75/10k
Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k
Psalmi 3 · 0.88/10k
Anabasis 4 · 0.71/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. βρέχω · brechō — Chantraine

βρέχω : 1. βρέξω, aor. ξθρεξα ; passif aor. ἐδρέχθην {E., X,, etc.), ἐθράχην (Hp. Arisi., etc.), ἐδρέχην (pap.), pf. Béôpeyuat (Pi. Hp.} « tremper, inonder, remplir d'eau » ; Arist. oppose βεδρεγμένος à διερός (GC 330 a); se dit des inondations du Nil. Le mot n'est pas attesté chez Hom. à moins de lire IL 17,54 avec Zén. ἀναδέδροχεν parfait intransitif (Chantraine, Gr. H. 1,425, Leaf ad. locum), mais il est usuel en … — [Chantraine, s.v. βρέχω, p. 209]

2. βρέχω · brechō — Frisk

βρέχω, Aor. βρέξαι, βρεχϑῆναι, βοαχῆναι “nässen, überfluten’, auch ‘regnen (lassen)’ (vorw. ion. poet., hell. und spät). Ableitungen: βροχή "Regen, Bewässerung, Drerchwermunk' (Demokr., Thphr., Pap. usw.) und die seltenen βροχετός ‘Regen’ (AP, nach ὑετός), βροχμός "das Benetzen’ (EM) mit βοοχμώδης (Demokr.), βρέγμα (Erot.). — Von βροχή, "βρόχος, evtl. direkt von βρέχω : βροχίς "Tintenfaß’ (AP}, βρόχιον "ds. (Pap.), … — [Frisk, s.v. βρέχω, p. 299]

3. βρέχω · brechō — LSJ

wet, steep, shower, get wet, to be bathed, drench themselves, filled with water, to be rained upon, to be inundated, steeped, bathed in, tipsy

wet, of persons walking through water, τὸ γόνυ Hdt. 1.189; τοὺς πόδας Pl. Phdr. 229a; steep in water, Hp. VM 3; ἐν οἴνῳ Id. Fract. 29; β. χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι πόλιν shower wealth upon it, Pi. O. 7.34; δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον IG 14.1422; β. ἐν δάκρυσι τὴν στρωμνήν LXX Ps. 6.7, cf. 77(78).27:—Pass., get wet, βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν X. An. 4.5.2; βρέχεσθαι ἐν ὕδατι to be bathed in sweat or drench themselves, Hdt. 3.104 (so ἱδρῶτι β. τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Phdr. 254c); βεβρεγμένος filled with water,

II rain, send rain

rain, send rain, Ev.Matt. 5.45; Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε POxy. 1482.6 (ii A. D.): c. acc., ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν LXX Ex. 9.23; θεῖον ib. Ge. 19.24, cf. Ev.Luc. 17.29; ἄρτους Al. Ex. 16.4.

2 it rains

impers., βρέχει it rains, Telecl. 54, Ep.Jac. 5.17; ὅταν βρέχῃ Arr. Epict. 1.6.26; also ἵνα ὑετὸς βρέχῃ Apoc. 11.6.

In the wild

βεβρέχθαι · bebrechthai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2314)
βεβρεγμένης · bebregmenēs Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2314)
βρεχόμενοι · brechomenoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5655)
βρέχῃ · brechēi Epictetus, Discourses 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 325)
βρεχθεὶς · brechtheis Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 176)
ἔβρεξε · ebrexe Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis *)aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 987)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βρέχω (scan p. 209; entry #1429).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βρέχω (scan p. 299; entry #1170).

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