βράσσω
brasso
shake violently, throw up
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βράσσω, Att. βράττω, aor. ἔβρᾰσα Ep. 23, etc.:—Pass., aor. ἐβράσθην SA 1.5: pf. βέβρασμαι (v. infr.):—Α. shake violently, throw up, of the sea, σκολόπενδραν . . ἔβρασʼ ἐπὶ σκοπέλους AP 6.222 (); τὸν πρέσβυν . . ἔβρασε . . εἰς ἠϊόνα ib.7.294 (): —Pass., ὀστέα . . βέβρασται . . τῇδε παρʼ ἠϊόνι ib.288 (Antip.), cf. H. 1.779; boil, of surf, 2.323, H. 3.476; β. ὑπὸ γέλωτος shake with laughter, Eun. 12. 2. winnow grain, Fr. 271, Sph. 226b. 3. abs., = βράζω, boil, interpol. in Gp. 7.15.20; dub. sens. in l.c. 4. βράττειν· πληθύνειν, βαρύνειν,
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