ἔσθω, Ep.
inf.
A.
ἐσθέμεναι
Od. 7.220
:impf.
ἦσθον
6.249
, Matro Conv. 115 :—poet. form ofἐσθίω, eat,
ἔσθειν καὶ πίνειν
Od. 5.197
, cf. 7.220 ;ἐσθέμεναι κειμήλιά τε πρόβασίν τε,i.e.eat upchattel and cattle, i.e. all one has, 2.75 ; of worms or animals,feed on, devour,
Il. 24.415 , Od. 13.409 : also in Trag., Com., and later Poets, A. Ag. 1597 , Archipp. 20 , Philippid. 9.5 , Python 1.13 , Call. Iamb. 1.270 , Matro l.c. : sts. in later Prose, LXX Le. 17.10 , 19.26 , Plu. 2.101d codd. ; in Cos, Arch.f.Religionswiss. 10.402
(iii B. C.):— Pass. , LXX Le. 17.13 .