βιβρώσκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- with -σκω (-skō) and reduplication. Compare Latin voro, Sanskrit गिरति (giráti).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.brɔ̌ːs.kɔː/ → /βiˈβros.ko/ → /viˈvros.ko/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.brɔ̌ːs.kɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /biˈbros.ko/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βiˈβros.ko/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /viˈvros.ko/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈvros.ko/

Verb

βιβρώσκω • (bibrṓskō)

1. I eat, eat up

Derived terms

• βρῶμα (brôma)
• βρῶσις (brôsis)

Related terms

• βορά (borá)

Further reading

• “βιβρώσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βιβρώσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βιβρώσκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βιβρώσκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βιβρώσκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βιβρώσκω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G977 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible