βήσσειν

βήσσω

cough: pres inf act (attic epic)

χελύσσομαι, [dialect] Ep. [full] χελλύσσομαι,

A expectorate, (

χέλυς 11

) Nic.Al. 81, Moer.p.102 P.:—Hsch. cites [full] χελούειν, = βήσσειν ([dialect] Lacon. or [dialect] Boeot.).

II [voice] Act. [full] χελλύσσω, metaph. of a swimmer, spit out, i.e. the waves, Lyc.727, cf. Sch.ad.loc.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: τὸ μετὰ βηχὸς ἀναπτύειν. ἔνιοι ταῦτα χωρὶς τοῦ ρ γράφουσι (Gal. Lex. Hipp.); βρήσσει βήσσει H.

Derivatives: βρῆγμα ἀπόπτυσμα ἀπὸ θώρακος, παρὰ Ίπποκράτει H. Acc. to Bechtel, Namenstudien 12f., also the Boeot. PN Βρεικίδας (= Βρηκ-)(?).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Expressive (onomatopoetic) word, variant of βήσσειν, perhaps under influence of βραχεῖν. - The gloss βρήσσουσιν βληχῶνται. φωνεῖ τὰ πρόβατα H. suggests that the - ρ- is a variant of - λ- (and of -δ?); the facts collected by Fur. 330 suggest that the - ρ- is not only the incidental influence of βραχεῖν. A word can be onomatop. and Pre-Greek (with a certain type of expressive phenomena).

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