nibble
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Ar. περιτρώγειν; see gnaw.
nibble at: Ar. παρεσθίειν (gen.), παρατρώγειν (gen.).
have a taste of: P. and V. γεύεσθαι (gen.).
