βρύχει

βρύκω

bite: pres ind mp 2nd sg

βρύκω

bite: pres ind act 3rd sg

βρύκω or [full] βρύχω [pron. full] [ῡ] (the former [dialect] Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distn. βρύκω

A bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly [tense] pres.: [tense] fut.

βρύξω Hp.Mul.1.2

, Lyc.678: [tense] aor.

ἔβρυξα Hp. Epid.5.86

, Nic.Th. 207, al., AP7.624 (Diod.), ([etym.] ἐπ-) Archipp.35: [tense] aor. 2

ἔβρῠχε AP9.252

(late, perh. [tense] impf.): for βέβρῡχα, v. βρυχάομαι: —[voice] Pass., v. infr.:—eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Hom.Epigr.14.13;

ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα].. βρύκειν E. Cyc. 358

, cf. 372;

πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ' Ar. Pax 1315

; bite, βρύκουσ' ἀπέδεσθαι.. τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Id.Av.26; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε

τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Id.Lys. 301

; later, simply, devour, consume, Nic.Al. 489, al.; βρύξας, of the sea, is perh. f.l. for βρόξας in AP7.624 (Diod.): metaph., tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease,

βρύκει S.Tr. 987

(lyr.);

βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν Cratin.58

;

τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει Diph. 43.27

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι S.Ph. 745

;

βρυχθεὶς ἁλί AP9.267

(Phil.).

II gnash or grind the teeth,

τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει Hp.Mul.1.7

, etc., cf. AP15.51 (Arch.);

τὸ στόμα β. Babr.95.45

;

β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα Act.Ap.7.54

; also βρύχει alone, Hp. Mul.2.120; also intr., οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι ib.1.36;

βρῦκον στόμα Nic. Al. 226

, cf. Th. 207, al.:—[voice] Med.,

βρύχονται Hp.Morb.Sacr.1

(prob.).

βρύχω impf. ἔβρυχον; fut. 3 sg. βρύξει; 1 aor. 3 sg. ἔβρυξεν LXX to grind one’s teeth, gnash, a sign of violent rage (Theodor. Prodr. 5, 49 H.) τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπʼ αὐτόν they gnashed their teeth against him Ac 7:54 (cp. Lex. Vind. p. 34, 5 βρύχει τ. ὀδόντας ἄνθρωπος, βρυχᾶται δὲ λέων=humans gnash their teeth, lions roar; Job 16:9; Ps 34:16; 36:12; SibOr 2, 203; Hippocr., 8 p. 16 [Mul. 1, 2], Epid. 5, 86 and other medical wr. [Hobart 208] of chattering of the teeth in chills and fevers). The expression may also be intended as metaph. become enraged (so NRSV with others, unless the translators are thinking in terms of functional equivalence).—Frisk.