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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *gʷigʷrṓskō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-ti, from i-reduplicated *gʷerh₃- (to swallow, devour, eat) +‎ *-sḱéti. Cognate Latin voro, Sanskrit गिरति (giráti).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō)

  1. to eat, eat up

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βιβρώσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213-4

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