βρέγμα
ατος, τό
A.
front part of the head, Batr. 228, Hp. VC 2, Stratt. 34, Arist. HA 491a31, al., PA 653a35, Herod. 4.51, 8.9, etc.:—also βρεγμός EM 212.14; βρέχμα, βρεχμός, βροχμός (q. v.) (prob. from βρέχω, because this part of the bone is longest in hardening, Hp.l.c., Arist. GA 744a24).
2.
in pl., parietal bones, Gal. 17(2).3.
3.
substance found in peppercorns, Dsc. 2.159.
II.
= ἀπόβρεγμα, infusion, extract, D.S. 3.32.
III.
drenching with rain, Erot. s.v. ὕσματα (pl.).