βρῶμα, ατος, τό,
(βιβρώσκω) that which is eaten, food, meat, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 6, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26, +others: _metaphorically_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 333: frequently in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 3, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 246, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 115b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὄψα, [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.30. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II cavity in a tooth, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.25, Dse. 1.105, 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.859. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 moth-eating, in plural, [[ LXX.EpJer.12. ] LXX]
__III plural, filth, ordure, probably in [[ NT.Mark.7.19 ] NT]; compare βρῶμος (B).