βρυχάομαι

A. βρυχ‐ A.R. 4.19, Max.Tyr. 31.3, D.C. 68.24, (ἀν‐) Pl. Phd. 117d; also ἐβρυχήθην (v. infr.): Ep. pf. βέβρυχα Od. 5.412, al.: plpf. ἐβεβρύχει 12.242:—onomatop. Verb, roar, bellow, prop. of lions, acc. to Hsch. and Ammon.; of a bull, ταῦρος ὣς βρυχώμενος S. Aj. 322, cf. Ar. Ra. 823; of wild beasts, δεινὸν δ’ ἐβρυχῶντο Theoc. 25.137; of the elephant, Plu. Pyrrh. 33: in Il. mostly of the death-cry of wounded men, κεῖτο τανυσθείς, βεβρυχώς 13.393; so βρυχώμενον σπασμοῖσι, of Hercules, S. Tr. 805, cf. 904; βέβρυχα κλαίων ib.1072; δεινὰ βρυχηθείς Id. OT 1265; later, of an infant's wail, Men. 1004; κλαίων καὶ β. Alciphr. 1.35; also of the roaring of waves, ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα βέβρυχεν ῥόθιον Od. 5.412, cf. Il. 17.264; ἀμφὶ δὲ πέτρη δεινὸν βεβρύχει Od. 12.242, cf. Aristid. Or. 17(15).14; βρυχομένη (as if from βρύχομαι) is required by the metre in Q.S. 14.484, cf. βρύχεται· μαίνεται, Hsch.; but βρυχῶνται, ‐ώμενος shd. be read in Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1, Luc. DMar. 1.4.