ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
[2] Verdauen, das, concoctio. – die V., befördern, concoctiones adiuvare: es hat dem Roscius heute an Verdauung gefehlt, Roscius hodie crudior fuit.