ἔσθω,
Epic dialect infinitive ἐσθέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.220 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἦσθον [[ 6.249, 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 115:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —poetry form of ἐσθίω, eat, ἔσθειν καὶ πίνειν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.197, compare 7.220 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐσθέμεναι κειμήλιά τε πρόβασίν τε, i.e. eat up chattel and cattle, i.e. all one has, [[ 2.75 ] Refs]; of worms or animals, feed on, devour, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.415, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.409 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in Trag., Comedy texts, and later Poets, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1597, 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 9.5, 4th c.BC: Python Tragicus 1.13, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.270, 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [prev. cited]: sometimes in later Prose, [[ LXX.Lev.17.10, 19.26, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.101d codices; in Cos, “Arch.f.Religionswiss.” 10.402 (3rd c.BC)] LXX+3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ LXX.Lev.17.13. ] LXX]