δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον

βρέχω, [tense] fut.

A

- ξω LXX Am.4.7

, al., ([etym.] ἀπο-) Gal.6.591, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἔβρεξα Hp.Mul.1.78

, Pl.Phdr. 254c, X.An.4.3.12, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

βρᾰχήσομαι LXX Is.34.3

: [tense] aor.

ἐβρέχθην E.El. 326

, X.An.1.4.17, etc.: [tense] aor. 2 ἐβράχην [ᾰ] Hp.Mul.1.80, Arist.Pr. 906b26, Sotion p.190 W., Gal.6.270, Anacreont.31.26; but

ἐβρέχην PGiss. 160v12

(ii A. D.), Wilcken Chr.341.6 (ii A. D.): [tense] pf.

βέβρεγμαι Pi.O.6.55

, Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 47:— wet, of persons walking through water,

τὸ γόνυ Hdt.1.189

;

τοὺς πόδας Pl.Phdr. 229a

; steep in water, Hp.VM 3;

ἐν οἴνῳ Id.Fract.29

; β. χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι πόλιν shower wealth upon it, Pi.O.7.34;

δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον IG14.1422

;

β. ἐν δάκρυσι τὴν στρωμνήν LXX Ps.6.7

, cf. 77(78).27:—[voice] Pass., get wet,

βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν X.An.4.5.2

; βρέχεσθαι ἐν ὕδατι to be bathed in sweat or drench themselves, Hdt.3.104 (so

ἱδρῶτι β. τὴν ψυχήν Pl.Phdr. 254c

); βεβρεγμένος filled with water, opp. διερός, Arist.GC 330a17; of sponges, Id.Mete. 386b5;

ἄλφιτα β. ἐν ὕδατι Hp.Mul.2.110

; to be rained upon, Plb.16.12.3;

ὄμβροις Str. 15.1.13

; esp. in Egypt of the inundation of the Nile,

τὰ βρεχέντα πεδία PFlor.331.6

(ii A. D.); ἡ βεβρεγμένη (sc. γῆ) PTeb.71.2 (ii B. C.), OGI669.57 (i A. D.);

γῆ οὐ βρεχομένη LXX Ez.22.24

:—but also intr. in [voice] Act., to be inundated, PPetr.3p.119 (iii B. C.), PTeb.106.19 (ii B. C.): metaph., ἀκτῖσι βεβρεγμένος steeped, bathed in light, Pi.O. 6.55;

σιγᾷ βρέχεσθαι Id.Fr. 240

; of hard drinkers,

μέθῃ βρεχθείς E.El. 326

; βεβρεγμένος tipsy, Eub.126.

II rain, send rain, Ev. Matt.5.45;

Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε POxy.1482.6

(ii A. D.): c. acc.,

ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν LXX Ex.9.23

; θεῖον ib.Ge.19.24, cf. Ev.Luc.17.29; ἄρτους Al.Ex.16.4.

2 impers., βρέχει it rains, Telecl.54, Ep.Jac.5.17;

ὅταν βρέχῃ Arr.Epict.1.6.26

; also

ἵνα ὑετὸς βρέχῃ Apoc.11.6

.

βρέχω 1 aor. ἔβρεξα. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. βραχήσεται Is 43:3; 2 aor. ἐβράχην (Pind., Hdt. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol 10:7 C; GrBar; ApcSed 8:10 p. 133, 16 Ja.; Ar. 4, 3).

① to cause someth. to become wet, to wet (B-D-F §309, 2) τινί with something (schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 819) τοῖς δάκρυσιν τοὺς πόδας feet with tears Lk 7:38, 44 (cp. Ps 6:7; IG XIV, 1422, 5 δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον). Without obj. ἵνα μὴ ὑετὸς βρέχῃ that no rain may fall Rv 11:6 (τ. ἡμ. is acc. of duration of time; B-D-F §161, 2; Rob. 469ff).

② to cause rain to fall, send rain (Phryn. 291 Lob.; Polyb. 16, 12, 3; ἐὰν ἐπὶ πλέον βραχῇ, φθείρεται ἡ γῆ Ar. 4, 3) pers. (B-D-F §129) of God (Gen 2:5 ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν; s. Philo, Leg. All. 1, 25; 26; 29; POxy 1482, 6 [II A.D.] ὁ Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε.—Proverbially of Zeus, who sometimes lets the sun shine and sometimes sends rain: Theognis 25; Theocritus 4, 43; Liban., Declam. 1, 78 vol. V p. 57, 1 F.) βρέχει causes it to rain Mt 5:45; GNaass 59, 24. ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον Lk 17:29 (s. Gen 19:24, but w. κύριος as the subj.; cp. Ezk 38:22; PGM 36, 301; SibOr 5, 508), but cp. vs. 28, a formulaic parallel, w. meteorological phenomenon as subj.

③ to fall in drops, rain, impers. βρέχει it rains (so since the comic poet Teleclides [V B.C.]; Epict. 1, 6, 26; SibOr 5, 377) Js 5:17; perh. Lk 17:29 (s. 2 end).—DELG. M-M.