βρίθω From same Root as βριαρός.
I.to be heavy or weighed down with a thing, c. dat., of fruit-trees, Hom.; metaph., ὄλβωι βρίθειν Eur.; ξίφεσι βρ. to visit heavily with the sword, id=Eur.
II.of men, to outweigh, prevail, ἐέδνοισι by gifts, Od.: absol. to have the preponderance in fight, to be master, prevail, Il.