τρώγω
__1. prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom., al.).
__2. Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt., al.).
__3. In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω): Mat.24:38, Jhn.6:54, 56-58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (see Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).†
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