For a common origin of the Greek forms (Greek text), (Greek text), and (Greek text). From Homer to the Attic theater through the Hippocratic Collection|POUR UNE ORIGINE COMMUNE DES FORMES GRECQUES BPYXAOMAI, BPYXΩ ET BPYKΩ D'HOMÈRE AU THÉÂTRE ATTIQUE À TRAVERS LA COLLECTION HIPPOCRATIQUE

Modern etymological dictionaries of Ancient Greek language are cautious when it comes to posit a common origin for the verb (Greek text) ('growl', 'wheeze') - a form drawn from the Homeric perfect (Greek text)- and for the verbs (Greek text) and (Greek text). (Greek text) and (Greek text) are found with the two different meanings of 'chatter one's teeth' and 'bite', 'devour', without it being possible to attribute each of them exclusively to one or the other form. This contribution shows that we may find in the Homeric perfect (Greek text) a common origin for the three forms, from both a morphological and a semantic perspective. A turning point may be found in the Hippocratic use of (Greek text) for the expression of a symptom close to the modern idea of 'chatter one's teeth'. This meaning is linked to that of (Greek text), but it is attributed to the active form, which normally expresses the meaning of 'bite', 'devour'.