βιβρώσκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷigʷrṓskō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-ti, from i-reduplicated *gʷerh₃- (to swallow, devour, eat) +‎ *-sḱéti. Cognate Latin voro, Sanskrit गिरति (giráti).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

βιβρώσκω • (bibrṓskō)

  1. to eat, eat up

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • βρῶμα (brôma)
  • βρώσιμος (brṓsimos, eatable)
  • βρώσις (brṓsis, food)
  • βρῶσις (brôsis)
  • βρωστήρ (brōstḗr, moth)
  • βρωτήρ (brōtḗr, moth)
  • βρωτύς (brōtús, food)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βιβρώσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213-4

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