Ancient Greek

edit

Etymology

edit

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).

Pronunciation

edit
 

Verb

edit

βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō)

  1. to eat, eat up

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit
edit

Further reading

edit