ἐρεύγομαι
ereugomai
belch out, disgorge
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐρεύγομαι (A), also ἐρυγγάνω (q.v.), fut. ἐρεύξομαι Mul. 1.41 : aor.1 ἠρευξάμην Goth. 2.4 : aor. 2 ἤρῠγον Pr. 895b22, Al. 111:—Α. belch out, disgorge, c. acc., ἐρευγόμενοι φόνον αἵματος Il. 16.162 ; ἰόν Th. 232 : abs., belch, ἐρεύγετο οἰνοβαρείων Od. 9.374, cf. Morb. 2.69, Pr. 895b12. 2. metaph., of volcanoes, ἐρεύγονται πυρὸς παγαί P. 1.21, cf. Goth. 4.35 ; of a river, discharge itself, ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν Mith. 103, cf. Supp. 11.3 : c. acc. cogn., ἐρεύγονται σκότον..νυκτὸς ποταμοί, of the rivers of hell, Fr. 130.8 ; κόλπος ἀφρὸν ἐρευγόμενος 539, cf. Le. 11.10 ; ἵππος ἐρεύγεται ἄνδρα, as the description of a Centaur, APl. 16.115. 3. blurt out (cf. ἐξερυγγάνω), belch forth, utter, ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα Ps. 18(19).2 ; ἐρεύξομαι κεκρυμμένα Ev.Matt. 13.35. (Cf. Lat. ērūgère, Lith. riáugèti ‘belch’.)
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