ἐρεύγομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἐρυγγάνω (erungánō)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (to belch, roar). Cognates include Latin ērūgō, Old Armenian ործամ (orcam), Lithuanian riaugėti, Russian рыга́ть (rygátʹ), Old English rocettan and Albanian regj.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐρεύγομαι • (ereúgomai)

  1. to spit or spew out, to belch, disgorge
  2. to discharge
  3. to bellow, roar, shout

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρεύγομαι 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454

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