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|Definition=Od.6.90, etc.: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. τρώξομαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''806, X.''Smp.''4.8: aor. 1 [[ἔτρωξα]] (κατ-) Batr.182, Hp.''Nat.Mul.''8, Timo66.6: aor. 2 ἔτρᾰγον, 3sg. subj. τράγῃ Pherecr.67.5 (elsewhere only in compos. with <b class="b3">ἐν-</b> ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), <b class="b3">κατα-, παρα-</b>):—Pass., pf. [[τέτρωγμαι]] (δια-) Ar.''V.''371, (παρεν-) Eub.15.8:—[[gnaw]], [[nibble]], [[munch]], especially of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν Od.6.90; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. Ar. ''Ach.''801, cf. 806; of cattle, <b class="b3">τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ.</b>, Theoc.4.45, 9.11; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον Sotad.15.15; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι Hp.''Prorrh.''2.31.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of men, [[eat]] vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.37; <b class="b3">τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου]</b> ib.92; τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ Id.4.177; τ. βότρυς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1077; βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων Anaxil.18.3 (anap.); of dessert, [[eat fruits]], as figs, almonds, etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.71, Ar.''Pax''1324, Pherecr.159 (v. [[τρωγάλια]]) ; <b class="b3">ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα</b>, Sol.38.1, Antiph.140.4; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος < ὢν > τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγεται; Eup.23 D.: abs., <b class="b3">πίνειν καὶ τ.</b> drink and [[eat dessert]], D.19.197: Com. metaph., γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους Ar.''Nu.''924 (anap.):—Pass., τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.92.<br><span class="bld">III</span> later, simply [[eat]], serving as pres. to [[ἔφαγον]] instead of ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα ''Ev.Jo.''6.54 (cf. aor. <b class="b3">φάγητε.. πίητε</b> ib.53); τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες ''Ev.Matt.''24.38; never in [[LXX]] (ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου [[LXX]] ''Ps.''40(41).10 becomes <b class="b3">ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον</b> when cited in ''Ev.Jo.''13.18); <b class="b3">δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί</b> is dub. l. in Plb.31.23.9; ἔδωκεν εὔζωμον νήστῃ τρώγειν ''SIG''1171.9 (Crete, perhaps i B. C.); <b class="b3">ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ.</b> (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. ap. ''Sammelb.''5730 (iv/v A. D.); ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι ''PMag.Lond.''121.177; ἔμοιγε, ὅσσα παρ' ἀνθρώποις, τρώγειν ἔθος Batr.34; this usage is mentioned by ''AB''114, censured by Phot.