βρύκω
or βρύχω [ῡ] (the former Attic dialect accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus and 5th c.AD(?): Ammonius Epigrammaticus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; the distinction βρύκω bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly present: future βρύξω [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.2, 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 678] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔβρυξα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.86, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 207, +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.624 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Diodorus Epigrammaticus), (ἐπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἔβρῠχε [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.252 (late, perhaps _imperfect_): for βέβρῡχα] Refs], see at {βρυχάομαι}: —passive, see below:—eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 14.13; ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα].. βρύκειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 358, compare 372; πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1315 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; bite, βρύκουσ᾽ ἀπέδεσθαι.. τοὺς δακτύλους biting, [[ [prev. author] “Av.” 26 ] Refs]; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ [[ [prev. author] “Lys.” 301 ] Refs]; later, simply, devour, consume, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 489, +others] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; βρύξας, of the sea, is perhaps falsa lectio for{βρόξας} in [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.624 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Diodorus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: metaphorically, tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease, βρύκει [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 987 (Lyric poetry); βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 58; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 745; βρυχθεὶς ἁλί “Anthologia Graeca” 9.267 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]