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单词 βρέχω
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βρέχω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (to moisten, wet) via a metathesized form *mregʰ- or zero-grade form *mr̥gʰ-. (The shift of PIE *mr > Greek *b is also seen in the unrelated βρεχμός (brekhmós, front part of the head), from *mregʰ- (brain, skull), as well as βραχύς (brakhús, short, brief; few), from *mr̥ǵʰús (short, brief).)

Pronunciation

 
  • (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bré.kʰɔː/
  • (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbre.kʰo/
  • (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβre.xo/
  • (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvre.xo/
  • (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvre.xo/

Verb

βρέχω (brékhō)

  1. I wet, I drench
  2. (Koine)
    1. send rain
      Ζεὺς ἔβρεχεZeùs ébrekheZeus was sending rain
    2. (in 3rd singular as impersonal) it rains
      • New Testament, Revelation 11:6:
        ἵνα μὴ ὑετὸς βρέχῃ τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς προφητείας αὐτῶν
        hína mḕ huetòs brékhēi tàs hēméras tês prophēteías autôn
        that it may not rain in the days of their prophecies

Inflection

Derived terms

  • βροχή (brokhḗ), βροχετός (brokhetós), βροχμός (brokhmós), βρέγμα (brégma): “moistening, inundation; rain”
  • βρόχιον (brókhion), βροχίς (brokhís): “ink-horn

Compounds

  • -βρέχ- at perseus.tufts.edu

Further reading

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βρέχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
  • βρέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • βρέχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • βρέχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • βρέχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette (in French)
  • βρέχω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023) (in Spanish)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • bathe idem, page 65.
    • bedew idem, page 69.
    • damp idem, page 194.
    • drench idem, page 252.
    • moisten idem, page 538.
    • soak idem, page 790.
    • sprinkle idem, page 806.
    • steep idem, page 815.
    • wet idem, page 974.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, to wet, drench. Sense "rain" since Hellenistic times). The impersonal 3rd singulars, by ellipsis of noun God, or Zeus, or the cloud, etc. Unrelated to βρέγμα (vrégma, (anatomy) bregma), assumed as related by Hippocrates and Aristotle.[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvre.xo/
  • Hyphenation: βρέ‧χω

Verb

βρέχω (vrécho) (past έβρεξα, passive βρέχομαι, ppast βράχηκα, ppp βρεγμένος/βρεμένος)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) wet, dampen
    Θα βρέξω τα ρούχα πριν τα σιδερώσω.
    Tha vréxo ta roúcha prin ta sideróso.
    I'll wet the clothes before I iron them.
    1. (transitive) offer treat (usually a drink) for good luck for newly acquired goods
      Αγόρασα παπούτσια. Πάμε να τα βρέξουμε.
      Agórasa papoútsia. Páme na ta vréxoume.
      I bought new shoes. Let's go wet them [drink for their good luck].
  2. (transitive) send rain
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:βρέχω.
    Βρέχει ο Θεός και βρέχομαι. (proverb)
    Vréchei o Theós kai vréchomai.
    God rains and I get wet.
  3. (intransitive) to rain (3rd person singulars are impersonal) βρέχει (vréchei)
    • 16th century Vitsentzos Kornaros (15531613/14) Ἐρωτόκριτος [Erotokritos] Β´ 754
      καὶ πάντα κεῖ ποὺ πολεμᾷ, στράφτει, βροντᾶ καὶ βρέχει.
      kai pánta kei pou polemá, stráftei, vrontá kai vréxei
      and always in the place he fights, it flashes, thunders and it rains.
    Θα βρέξει; Μα ήδη βρέχει.
    Tha vréxei; Ma ídi vréchei.
    Will it rain? But it is already raining.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • βρεγμένος (vregménos, wet, participle), βρεμένος (vreménos)

Expressions:

  • βρεγμένη σανίδα (vregméni sanída, literally: wet plank (to spank or scold someone))
  • βρέχει με το τουλούμι (vréchei me to touloúmi, it's raining cats and dogs) & see expressions for "rain" at βρέχει (it rains)
  • έχω (κάποιον) μη στάξει και μη βρέξει (écho (kápoion) mi stáxei kai mi vréxei, I treat (someone) with special care)
  • σαν τη βρεγμένη γάτα (san ti vregméni gáta, literally: like a wet cat (disgraced))
  • τις βρέχω (tis vrécho, I spank)

From stems βρεχ-βρεγ(βρεξ)-βροχ (& see their derivatives)

  • άβρεχτος (ávrechtos, unwetted)
  • αδιάβροχος (adiávrochos, waterproof)
  • αιματόβρεχτος (aimatóvrechtos, bloodsoaked)
  • αναβροχιά f (anavrochiá, aridity)
  • ανεμόβροχο n (anemóvrocho) & -βροχο (-vrocho) compounds
  • απόβροχο n (apóvrocho, humidity and cold after the rain)
  • βρέξιμο n (vréximo, making wet)
  • βροχερός (vrocherós, rainy)
  • βρόχινος (vróchinos, of rain)
  • βροχή n (vrochí, rain)
  • δακρύβρεχτος (dakrývrechtos, soaked in tears) (ironic)
  • διαβρέχω (diavrécho, to imbue)
  • καταβρέχω (katavrécho, to water, to sprinkle)
  • περιβρέχω (perivrécho, to bath, to wet)
  • ψιλοβρέχει (psilovréchei, to drizzle)

References

  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), βρέχω”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  • βρέχω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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