βρῶμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (βιβρώσκω)

   A that which is eaten, food, meat, Hp. VM6, Th.4.26, al.: metaph., Ar.Fr.333: freq. in pl., Hp.VM3, Antiph.246, Pl.Criti.115b, etc.; opp. ὄψα, Sosip.1.30.    II cavity in a tooth, Hp.Epid.4.25, Dse.1.105, Archig. ap. Gal.12.859.    2 moth-eating, in pl., LXX Ep.Je.12.    III pl., filth, ordure, prob. in Ev.Marc.7.19; cf. βρῶμος (B).