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