βράξαι

βράσσω

shake violently: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

βράσσω

shake violently: aor inf act

βράξαῑ, βράσσω

shake violently: aor opt act 3rd sg

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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βράπτω, [tense] aor. inf. βράψαι,

A = μάρπτω, Hsch. ( βράξαι is f.l. for βράψαι).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: συνιέναι; βράξαι συλλαβεῖν, δακεῖν, καταπιεῖν H.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Here perhaps also δυσβράκανον δυσχερές,... δυσκατανόητον H. - Since Roth KZ 19, 223 to Skt. mr̥śáti `touch, take, seize' (*mr̥ḱ-). One compares further βράψαι συλλαβεῖν, ἀναλῶσαι, κρύψαι, θηρεῦσαι and βράπτειν ἐσθίειν, κρύπτειν, ἀφανίζειν, τῳ̃ στόματι ἕλκειν, η στενάζειν as either influenced by μάρψαι or related to it (with assimilation of κ to initial μ-, giving π (Schwyzer 302). All uncertain. S. μάρπτω. - Cf. further βράκετον.. πλῆθος and βράττειν πληθύνειν, βαρύνειν H. - S. Belardi, Doxa 3, 200. S. βρόξαι.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `catch, seize, lay hold off, overtake' (Il.; cf. Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 166);

Other forms: aor. μάρψαι (Il.), perf. μέμαρπεν etc. (Hes., A.R.),

Compounds: Also with κατα-, συν-.

Derivatives: μάρπτις m. `robber' (A. Supp. 826 [lyr.]; Schwyzer 271, 504 w. n. 3); κάμμαρψις μέτρον σιτικόν, τὸ ἡμιμέδιμνον. Αἰολεῖς H.

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

Etymology: Analogically formed system without cognate outside Greek. Note the H.-glosses βράψαι συλλαβεῖν, ἀναλῶσαι, κρύψαι, θηρεῦσαι and βράπτειν ἐσθίειν, κρύπτειν, ἀφανίζειν, τῳ̃ στόματι ἕλκειν, η στενάζειν (with βρ- \< mr-); besides with deviating auslaut βρακεῖν συνιέναι, βράξαι συλλαβεῖν, δακεῖν, καταπιεῖν, which are compared with Skt. mr̥śáti `touch, take' (cf. s. v.). The variation κ: π is unexplained; on an improbable theory of assimilation (μ -- κ \> μ -- π) s. Schwyzer 302 and on βρακεῖν. Positing varying root-enlargements mer-ḱ-: mer-kʷ- (s. WP. 2, 283) does not help much. -- Older lit. in Bq. Cf. μαπέειν. - For the variation one thinks of Pre-Greek * mr(a)kʷ-, which became βραπ- or βρακ-, with developments differring from the IE labio-velars.

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