βρούξ τράχηλος

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `gulp down, swallow (again)' (μ 240, δ 222; βρόξαι as simplex H. (= ῥοφῆσαι), AP)

Other forms: Aor. pass. ἀναβροχέν (λ 586), perf. ἀναβέβροχεν (Ρ 54, acc. to Zenodotus for ἀναβέβρῠχεν). βράξαι.. καταπιεῖν H. Cf. βρούξ τράχηλος, βρόγχος H.

Compounds: Mostly ἀνα-, κατα-βρόξαι.

Derivatives: βρόχθος m. `throat, draught' (Hp.), βροχθώδης `shallow' (?; Nic.); βροχθίζω `take a mouthful, clear the throat, give to drink' (Arist.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: The o-vocalism, which surprises in the aorist, can hardly be explained from an Aeolic origin, in spite of βράξαι (above). The notation κατα-βρῶξαι (Ar.) may be due to influence of βιβρώσκω. - βρόχθος, prob. an action noun, has been compared with γνάθος, στῆθος etc. (Schwyzer 510f., Chantr. Form. 367) but these are body parts ( γνάθος is Pre-Gr.). - From other languages one adduces Germanic and Celtic words like MHG krage `neck, throat, collar', MEng. crawe `crop, craw (of a bird)', which may contain *gʷrŏgh-, and OIr. brāgae `neck', MWelsh breuant `windpipe' from PCelt. * brāg-, PIE * gʷrōgʰ- (not *gʷr̥̄gʰ-, i.e. *gʷr̥Hgʰ-, which would give βρη\/α\/ ωχ- in Greek). (Not to βιβρώσκω, as * gʷrh₃- would have given *βρω-). - However, this IE etym. can neither explain βρόχθος nor βρόγχος, nor βράγχος. The aberrant o-vocalism is confirmed by the a-voc. of βράγχος. If βρούξ τράχηλος, βρόγχος H. is reliable, it would also remain unexplained; for ο\/ου cf. κολοτέα\/ κολουτέα Beekes, Pre-Gr.

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βρουλός· πονηρός, Hsch. [full] βροῦνος· ἐνεὸς ἢ μαινόμενος, Id. [full] βρούξ· τράχηλος, βρόγχος, Id. [full] βρούτιδες· γυναῖκες οὕτω καλούμεναι, Cyr., Suid. [full] βροῦτος,

A = βρῦτος, Hsch. [full] βροῦχαλ· θερμός, Id. [full] βρούχετος· βάρβαρος: also, = βάτραχος (Cypr.), Id.