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|Definition=inf. of [[ἔφαγον]], with no pres. in use (exc. in late Gr.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> φαγεῖ Anon. ''in EN''448.16; [[φαγέοις]] in edd. of Ps.-Phoc.157 is v. dub.), used as aor. 2 of <b class="b3">ἐσθίω</b>; later 1pl. ἐφάγαμεν [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.'' 19.42 cod.B, 3pl. [[ἐφάγοσαν]] ib.''Ge.''18.8: later fut. is [[φάγομαι]], ib.''Si.''36.23, ''Ev.Luc.''14.15; 2sg. φάγεσαι [[LXX]] ''Ru.''2.14, ''Ev.Luc.''17.8; φάγῃ [[LXX]] ''Ge.''3.14; also [[φαγοῦμαι]] ib. 2([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); fut. φαγήσω is v. dub. in Lib.''Or.'' 53.29:—[[eat]], [[devour]], both of men and beasts, freq. in Hom.; ἀζηχὲς φαγέμεν καὶ πιέμεν Od.18.3, cf. 15.378, Pl.''Lg.''831e; reversely, πιόντα ἢ φαγόντα Id.''Prt.''314a, cf. ''Phd.''81b, E.''Cyc.''336 (dub. l.): mostly c. acc., Il.21.127, 24.411, etc.: c. gen., [[eat of]] a thing, Od.9.102, 15.373; ὄρνιθος ὄρνις πῶς ἂν ἁγνεύοι φαγών; A.''Supp.''226; ἀπό τινος [[LXX]] ''Ge.''2.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[eat up]], [[devour]], [[squander]], Od.2.76, 4.33. (Cf. [[παματοφαγέω]] and Skt. bhájati '[[apportion]], (Med.) [[enjoy]]'.)