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βρύον

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βρύον

Etym.: bru/w

Sense

  1. a kind of mossy sea-weed

Examples

  • ἀτὰρ καὶ ἡ σιδηρῖτισ ἄπονοσ ξὺν ἄρτῳ, καὶ βρύον, καὶ συμφύτου Ῥίζα, καὶ πεντάφυλλοσ ἡ βοτάνη, καὶ πράσιοσ ἡ τοῖσι φύλλοισι λεπτή. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 78)
  • Ἰχθύοσ ἀγρευτῆρεσ ὅμωσ δύο κεῖντο γέροντεσ, στρωσάμενοι βρύον αὐο͂ν ὑπὸ πλεκταῖσ καλύβαισι, κεκλιμένοι τοίχῳ τῷ φυλλίνῳ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 4)
  • βάλλετε δὴ κακὸν ὄρνιν, ἐπεὶ βαρὺν ἤρατο μισθὸν ἐκ δηίων, κόχλουσ καὶ βρύον, ὁ προδότησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 551 1:1)
  • οἱ δὲ τὰ κρείττω γράφοντεσ τὸ τῆσ Ἀμαλθείασ ἔδοσαν κέρασ πλῆρεσ καὶ βρύον ταῖσ ὡρ́αισ, ὃ ἐν μάχῃ Ἡρακλῆσ Ἀχελῴου ἀπέρρηξεν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 13:3)
  • κἀγὼ τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲσ στόμαἤλπιζον εἶναι, μαντικῇ βρύον τέχνῃ· (Plato, Republic, book 2 475:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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