βιβρώσκω

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eat, eat up

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 8
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Book 1 1
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1191
Book 2 1
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2203
Book 6 3
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6209
6246
6248
Book 13 1
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1372
Book 15 1
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15490
Book 22 1
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22403
Iliad 2
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Book 4 1
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435
Book 22 1
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2294

Dictionary (LSJ)

βιβρώσκω, Babr. 108.9, (cf. βρώζω, βορά) · βρώσομαι Philostr. VA 3.40: aor. ἔβρωσα (ἀν-) Nic. Th. 134; inf. βρῶξαι (κατα-) Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7.5: Ep. aor. 2 ἔβρων Call. Jov. 49, (κατ-) h.Ap. 127 : pf. βέβρωκα Il. 22.94, Eup. 68; sync. part. βεβρώς, ῶτος, S. Ant. 1022; opt. βεβρώθοις, as if from pf. βέβρωθα, Il. 4.35:—Pass., pres., Hp. Aff. 4:fut. βρωθήσομαι Lyc. 1421, S.E. P. 3.227; βεβρώσομαι Od. 2.203: aor ἐβρώθην Hp. Acut. 37, etc., (κατ-) Hdt. 3.16: pf. βέβρωμαι A. Ag. 1097 (lyr.), (δια-) Pl. Ti. 83a, (κατα-) SIG 2587.310: plpf. ἐβέβρωτο Hp. Epid. 4.19. —In Ion. Prose and LXX βέβρωκα ἐβρώθην βέβρωμαι take the place of Att. ἐδήδοκα ἠδέσθην ἐδήδεσμαι:—Α. eat, eat up, βεβρωκὼς κακὰ φάρμακʼ Il. 22.94, etc.; οὐδὲν βεβρ. Eup. 68: c. gen., eat of a thing, [λέων] βεβρωκὼς βοός Od. 22.403; τῶν μελῶν βεβρωκότες Ar. V. 463; κρειῶν τε καὶ αἵματος Theoc. 25.224: abs., βεβρωκώς, opp. πεινῶν, Arist. HA 629b9; β. καὶ πεπωκώς Id. Fr. 232, cf. Plb. 3.72.6, Ev.Jo. 6.13:—Pass., to be eaten, Hp. Acut. 37; of teeth, decay, Id. Epid. 4.19; χρήματα δʼ αὖτε κακῶς βεβρώοεται will be devoured, Od. 2.203; βεβρωμένοι ἄρτοι mouldy bread, LXX Jo. 9.12; ῥίζα βεβρ. worm-eaten, Dsc. 3.9; to be bitten, ὑπὸ τῶν κροκοδείλων Gal. 14.246.

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