τρώγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.6.90</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> τρώξομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>806</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.8</span>: aor. 1 <b class="b3">ἔτρωξα</b> (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Batr.182</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>8</span>, Timo<span class="bibl">66.6</span>: aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἔτρᾰγον</b>, 3sg. subj. τράγῃ <span class="bibl">Pherecr.67.5</span> (elsewh. only in compos. with <b class="b3">ἐν-</b> (q. v.), <b class="b3">κατα-, παρα-</b>):—Pass., pf. <b class="b3">τέτρωγμαι</b> (δια-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>371</span>, (παρεν-) <span class="bibl">Eub.15.8</span>:—[[gnaw]], [[nibble]], [[munch]], esp. of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν <span class="bibl">Od.6.90</span>; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>801</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">806</span>; of cattle, <b class="b3">τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ</b>., <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.45</span>, <span class="bibl">9.11</span>; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον <span class="bibl">Sotad.15.15</span>; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of men, [[eat]] vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.37</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου</b>] ib.<span class="bibl">92</span>; τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.4.177</span>; τ. βότρυς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1077</span>; βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων <span class="bibl">Anaxil.18.3</span> (anap.); of dessert, <b class="b2">eat fruits</b>, as figs, almonds, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.71</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1324</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.159</span> (v. <b class="b3">τρωγάλια</b>) <b class="b3">; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα</b>, <span class="bibl">Sol.38.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.140.4</span>; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος &lt; ὢν &gt; τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγεται; <span class="bibl">Eup.23</span> D.: abs., <b class="b3">πίνειν καὶ τ</b>. drink and <b class="b2">eat dessert</b>, <span class="bibl">D.19.197</span>: Com. metaph., γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>924</span> (anap.):—Pass., τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> later, simply [[eat]], serving as pres. to <b class="b3">ἔφαγον</b> instead of ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>6.54</span> (cf. aor. <b class="b3">φάγητε . . πίητε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">53</span>); τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.38</span>; never in LXX (ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>40(41).10</span> becomes <b class="b3">ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον</b> when cited in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>13.18</span>); <b class="b3">δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί</b> is dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Plb.31.23.9</span>; ἔδωκεν εὔζωμον νήστῃ τρώγειν <span class="title">SIG</span>1171.9 (Crete, perh. i B. C.); <b class="b3">ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ</b>. (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. ap. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>5730</span> (iv/v A. D.); ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>121.177; ἔμοιγε, ὅσσα παρ' ἀνθρώποις, τρώγειν ἔθος <span class="bibl">Batr.34</span>; this usage is mentioned by <span class="title">AB</span>114, censured by Phot.</span>