βρυχός, = βρύκος, Hsch. βρύχω, v. βρύκω; but βρυχομαι, v. βρυχάομαι.
βρύκω or βρύχω [ῡ]
(the former Att. acc. to Moer. and Ammon.; the distn. βρύκω bite, βρύχω gnash does not hold good), mostly pres.: fut. βρύξω Hp. Mul. 1.2, Lyc. 678: aor. ἔβρυξα Hp. Epid. 5.8, Nic. Th. 207, al., AP 7.624 (Diod.), (ἐπ-) Archipp. 35: aor. 2 ἔβρῠχε AP 9.252 (late, perh. impf.): for βέβρῡχα, v. βρυχάομαι: - Pass., v. infr.: -
I eat greedily, gobble, γνάθος ἱππείη βρύκει champs the bit, Hom. Epigr. 14.13; ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ [κρέα].. βρύκειν E. Cyc. 358, cf. 372; πρὸς ταῦτα βρύκετ’ Ar. Pax 1315; bite, βρύκουσ’ ἀπέδεσθαι.. τοὺς δακτύλους biting, Id. Av. 26; of smoke, ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ Id. Lys. 301; later, simply, devour, consume, Nic. Al. 489, al.; βρύξας, of the sea, is perh. f.l. for βρόξας in AP 7.624 (Diod.): metaph., tear in pieces, devour, of a gnawing disease, βρύκει S. Tr. 987 (lyr.); βρύκει γὰρ ἅπαν τὸ παρόν Cratin. 58; τὰ πατρῷα βρύκει Diph. 43.27: - Pass., ἀπόλωλα, τέκνον, βρύκομαι S. Ph. 745; βρυχθεὶς ἁλί AP 9.267 (Phil.).
II gnash or grind the teeth, τοὺς ὀδόντας βρύχει Hp. Mul. 1.7, etc., cf. AP 15.51 (Arch.); τὸ στόμα β. Babr. 95.45; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα [Act 7:54]; also βρύχει alone, Hp. Mul. 2.120; also intr., οἱ ὀδόντες βρύχουσι ib. 1.36; βρῦκον στόμα Nic. Al. 226, cf. Th. 207, al.: - Med., βρύχονται Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1 (prob.)
G1031 — βρύχω
: (imperfect ἔβρυχον); to grind, gnash, with the teeth: ὀδόντας ἐπί τινα, [Act 7:54] ([Job 16:9]; [Psa 34:16]; [Psa 36:12] for בִּשְׁנַּיִם חָרַק and שִׁנַּיִם חָרַק; intransitive, without ὀδόντας (quoted in Hermippus ()) Plutarch, Pericl. 33 at the end; (Hipp. (see Liddell and Scott))). Of the same origin as βρύκω (cf. δέχω and δέκω), to bite, chew; see Hermann on Sophocles Philoct. 735;Ellendt, Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word βρύκω).
βρύχω
( Attic , βρύκω ),
[in LXX : [Job 16:9], [Psa 35:16]; [Psa 37:12]; [Psa 112:10], [Lam 2:16] (H2786) * ;]
1. to bite or eat greedily.
2. to gnash, grind, with the teeth: [Act 7:54]. †