βάραγχος

βάραγχος

masc nom sg

βάραγχος [βᾰ], ὁ,

A = βράγχος, Hippon.106.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `hoarseness, angina' (Hp.),

Other forms: also βάραγχος (Hippon.), βράγχη f. (Xenocr.) `id.' and βραγχία ἡ περιτράχηλος ἀλγηδών H.

Derivatives: βραγχαλέος `hoarse' (Hp.), βραγχός `id.' (AP). - βραγχάω, βραγχιάω `have a sore throat' (Arist.); βραγχιάζοισθε πνίγοισθε H. - Separate βράγχια pl. `gills of fishes, bronchial tubes', also βαράγχια, βαράχνια (Hdn.).

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

Etymology: The resemblance with βρόγχος `windpipe' may have caused the transition of the meaning of βράγχια. Fur. 128 connects βραχώδης τραχύς H. and βρακίας τραχεῖς τόπους H. (and βαρακινῃ̃σιν ἀκάνθαις. σκόλοψι H.); this gives βρακ-\/ βραχ-\/ βραγχ-, variations that are typical Pre-Gr. The aorist βραχεῖν `rattle, clash' (Johansson KZ 36, 345f.) may also be connected: produce a raw sound. The secondary vowel of βάραγχος (Schwyzer 278, 831) is phonetically easy, but also frequent in Pre-Gr. words (Fur. 378-385). - Outside Greek one adduces OIr. brong(a)ide `hoarse' (Fick 2, 186). -

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