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|Definition=poet. and later κατερῡκ-έσθω <span class="title">APl.</span>4.240 (Phil.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>12.40</span>, <span class="title">Dialex.</span>2.14 (Pass., 1.5, <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>46.279 (iv A.D.)): fut. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κατέδομαι <span class="bibl">Il.22.89</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.363</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>588</span>: aor. [[κατέφαγον]] (v. [[καταφαγεῖν]]): pf. κατεδήδοκα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>838</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>386</span>, etc.; part. κατὰ… ἐδηδώς <span class="bibl">Il.17.542</span>:—Pass., pf. κατεδήδεσμαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>11o</span>e, <span class="bibl">Antiph.161.3</span>: aor. κατηδέσθην <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.35</span>:—[[eat up]], [[devour]], in Hom. freq. of animals of prey, λέων κατὰ ταῦρον ἐδηδώς <span class="bibl">Il.17.542</span>; of a serpent, [νεοσσοὺς] κατήσθιε <span class="bibl">2.314</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.12.256</span>; of a dolphin, κατεσθίει ὅν κε λάβῃσιν <span class="bibl">Il.21.24</span>; also of men, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς… ἤσθιον <span class="bibl">Od.1.8</span>; [[τοὺς]] γονέας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.115</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>341</span>; [τυρὸν] αὐτοῖς τοῖς ταλάροις κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>560</span>; <b class="b3">κατεδηδόκασι τὰ λάχαν</b>' <span class="bibl">Alex.15.12</span>: c. gen. partit., κ. πολλῶν πουλύπων <span class="bibl">Amips.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[eat up]], [[devour]] one's substance, <b class="b3">τὰ κοινά, τὰ πατρῷα</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>258</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.239</span>; τὰ ὄντα <span class="bibl">D.38.27</span>; πατρῴαν οὐσίαν <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[corrode]], [ῥεύματα] κ. γνάθους <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>19</span>; <b class="b3">λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος</b> Pl.l.c., cf. <span class="title">Dialex.</span>1.5 (Pass.); of the wind, κ. τὰ ἄνθη <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.7.5</span>:—Pass., to [[be gnawed]], ib.<span class="bibl">5.17.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[bite]], τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κ. ἑαυτόν</b>, metaph., of remorse, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>29.32</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.</span>256</span>.</span>