ἐσθίω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(cf. ἔσθω, ἔδω, the latter of which is the radic. form, and supplies fut. and pf. of [[ἐσθίω]]), impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἤσθιον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>147</span> : fut. [[ἔδομαι]] (old pres. subj. of non-thematic stem) <span class="bibl">Il.4.237</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1357</span>(lyr.), etc. ; [[ἐδοῦμαι]] late, (προκατ-) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hes.</span>7</span>, etc. : pf. ἐδήδοκα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>362</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.20</span>; opt. ἐδηδοκοίη <span class="bibl">Cratin.320</span>; Ep.part. <b class="b3">ἐδηδώς, -υῖα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.17.542</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>560</span> : plpf. ἐδηδόκειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Gall.</span>4</span>(v.l.):—Med., aor. 1 [[ἠδεσάμην]] (κατ-) Gal.5.752:—Pass., ἐσθίομαι <span class="bibl">Od.4.318</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.12.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>11</span>, etc. : aor. 1 [[ἠδέσθην]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>908a29</span>, (ἀπ-, κατ-) <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.138</span>,<span class="bibl">35</span>: pf. [[ἐδήδεσμαι]] (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>110e</span>, [[ἐδήδεμαι]] (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>591a5</span> (v.l.) ; Ep. 3sg. ἐδήδοται <span class="bibl">Od.22.56</span>.— The aor. 2 and later also the fut. are supplied by <b class="b3">φαγ-</b> (v. [[φαγεῖν]]); in Ion. and Hellenistic Greek the pf. is <b class="b3">βέβρωκα βέβρωμαι</b>, aor. Pass. [[ἐβρώθην]]; in late Greek the pres. is [[τρώγω]]:—[[eat]], ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν <span class="bibl">Od.2.305</span>, <span class="bibl">21.69</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐσθίοντα ἐν στρατιᾷ</b> the [[ration-strength]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.17</span> : usu. c. acc., κρέα ἤσθιον <span class="bibl">Od.20.348</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>671</span> (from a satyric drama), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>233</span> : c. gen., ἐ. τινός <b class="b2">eat of.</b>., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.3.6</span>, etc. ; of animals, [[devour]], ἤσθιε δ' ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος <span class="bibl">Od.9.292</span>; χρόα γῦπες ἔδονται <span class="bibl">Il.4.237</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>524</span>, <span class="bibl">773</span>, <span class="bibl">Semon.9</span>, etc. ; [[consume]], βίοτον καὶ κτήματ' ἔδονται <span class="bibl">Od.2.123</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος</b> my house [[is eaten up]], I am [[eaten]] out of house and home, <span class="bibl">4.318</span>; ὅσσα τοι ἐκπέποται καὶ ἐδήδοται <span class="bibl">22.56</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πάντας πῦρ ἐσθίει</b> the fire [[devours]] all, <span class="bibl">Il.23.182</span>; of an [[eating]] sore, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>253</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὀδόντες ἐσθιόμενοι</b> [[decayed]] teeth, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>19.3</span>; [[ἐσθιόμενα]] [[eroded]] parts of the bowel, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[fret]], [[vex]], ἐ. ἑαυτόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>287</span> (lyr.) ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν χελύνην ὑπ' ὀργῆς</b> [[to bite]] the lip, ib.<span class="bibl">1083</span>; ἐ. καρδίαν Pythag. ap. Plu.2.12e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[take in one's mouth]], γλῶτταν αὐλοῦ <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.20</span>.</span>