1. βρῦχάομαι · brychaomai — Frisk
The corpus record
βρυχάομαι
bruchaomai
Perf
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Where it lives
- Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
- Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
What it meant
2. βρυχάομαι · brychaomai — Frisk
3. βρῡχ-άομαι · brych-aomai — LSJ
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 δʼ 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. OT 1265; later, of an infantʼs wail, Men. 1004; κλαίων καὶ β. Alciphr. 1.35; also of the roaring o
In the wild
- βρυχώμενος · brychōmenos Aristophanes, Frogs 822–825
- βεβρυχυῖα · bebrychyia Shield of Heracles 159–160
- βεβρυχὼς · bebrychōs Iliad 13.393
- βεβρυχὼς · bebrychōs Iliad 16.486
- βέβρυχεν · bebrychen Iliad 17.264
- ἐβεβρύχει · ebebrychei Odyssey 12.242
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Where it came from
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βρυχάομαι (scan p. 2183; entry #6717).
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