A.rattle, clash, ring, mostly of arms and armour, “δεινὸν ἔβραχε χαλκός” Il.4.420; “βράχε τεύχεα χαλκῷ” 12.396, Hes.Sc.423, etc.; βράχε δ᾽ εὐρεῖα χθών (with the din of battle) Il.21.387; “μέγας ἔβραχεν αἰθήρ” A.R.4.642; of a torrent, roar, “βράχε δ᾽ αἰπὰ ῥέεθρα” Il.21.9; “ἔβραχε δ᾽ ἅλμη” Q.S.14.527; creak, “μέγα δ᾽ ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων” Il.5.838; shriek or roar with pain, ὁ δ᾽ ἔβραχε χάλκεος Ἄρης ib.859; ὁ δ᾽ ἔβραχε θυμὸν ἀΐσθων (of a wounded horse) 16.468; shout a command, c. inf., A.R.2.573.
βρα^χεῖν , aor. with no pres. in use, inf. only in Hsch., elsewh. in 3sg. ἔβραχε or βράχε:—onomatop. Verb,