Perseus analyses of βροτοί:

βροτόομαι (to be stained with gore): pres subj mp 2nd sg
βροτόομαι (to be stained with gore): pres ind mp 2nd sg
βροτός (mortal man): masc nom/voc pl

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βροτόομαι

βροτόομαι, Pass., (βρότος)

A. to be stained with gore, βεβροτωμένα τεύχεα Od. 11.41, Q.S. 1.717; δράκων κάρα βεβρ. Stesich. 42.

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βροτός

βροτός, ὁ, poet. Noun,

A. mortal man, opp. ἀθάνατος or θεός, in Hom. usu. Subst., οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσι Il. 5.304, al.; βροτὸς εἰς θεόν E. Andr. 1196 (lyr.); λόγος τις Ζῆνα μιχθῆναι βροτῷ A. Supp. 295; θεοῦ δὲ πληγὴν οὐχ ὑπερπηδᾷ βροτός S. Fr. 961; βροτοί ,opp.νεκροί, Id. Ant. 850 (lyr.); but β. ἀνήρ Il. 5.361; and so β. ἔθνος Pi. P. 10.28: as fem., β. αὐδήεσσα Od. 5.334; β. οὖσαν AP 9.89 (Phil.); but βροταί· γυναῖκες, Hsch. (s.v.l.): freq. in gen. pl., after πολλοί B. 1.42, S. OT 981, etc.; after τίς ib.437, etc.; βροτοί never takes the Art. in Trag. and Com., exc. when an Adj. or Pron. is added, τῶν πολυπόνων β. E. Or. 175; ἡμεῖς οἱ β. Ar. Eq. 601, Pax 849, cf. Sannyr. 1; οἱ ταλαίπωροι β. Alex. 66; οἱ πάντες β. Men. 538.8 .—Rare in Prose, Pl. R. 566d, Arist. Top. 133a31, 149a7.

II. of the dead, A. Ch. 129 (v.l. νεκροῖς Sch.). (From Μροτός (cf. ἄ-μβροτος, μορτός), Skt. mṛtás ‘dead’, Lat. morior, etc.)