eat
ἔδω, old Ep.
pres.(also Hp. VM 4 (v.l.), Theoc. 5.128 ), for which in Att.
ἐσθίωis used, Ep.
inf.
A.
ἔδμεναι, ἐέδμεναι
Emp. 128.10
(s.v.l.):impf. ἔδον, Ion.
3 sg.
ἔδεσκε
Il. 22.501
:fut.
ἔδομαι
18.271
, Od. 9.369 , Theoc. 3.53 :pf. part.
ἐδηδώς
Il. 17.542
, h.Merc. 560 :— Pass. ,pf.
ἐδήδοται
Od. 22.56
:aor. 1 subj. ἐδεσθῇdub. l. in Hp. Vict. 2.54 :—for the Att. forms,v.subἐσθίω; cf. alsoἔσθω:—eat, εἰωθότες ἔδμεναι ἄδην
Il. 5.203
; ὅσσα τοι ἐκπέποται καὶ ἐδήδοται
Od. 22.56
; of worms, Il. 22.509 , cf. Od. 21.395 ; κύτισόν τε καὶ αἴγιλον αἶγες ἔο͂οντι
Theoc. 5.128
.—Rare in Com., Alc.Com. 36 , Eub. 28 ; also E. Cyc. 245 .
II. eat up, devour, esp. in phrases,βίοτον καὶ κτήματα, οἶκον, χρήματα ἔ., Od. 2.123 , 16.431 , 389 ; ἡμέτερον κάματον νήποινον ἔδουσι
14.417
.
III. metaph., καμάτῳ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔδοντες
9.75
, cf. 10.379 , Il. 24.129 , Semon. 1.24 (s.v.l.).
