καταφᾰγεῖν,
serving as aorist 2 to κατεσθίω (which see); Doric dialect infinitive -ῆμεν [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 42.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: later future καταφάγομαι [[ LXX.1Ki.12.24m, “PIand.” 26.23, 34 (1st c.AD)] LXX+1st c.AD+], [[“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”] Refs]:—devour, eat up, αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ τέκν᾽ ἔφαγε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.317, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.141 (tmesis), 3.25, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 352, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 17. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 spend in eating, waste, μή τοι κατὰ πάντα φάγωσι κτήματα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.315, 15.12; τὴν πατρῴαν οὐσίαν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.96; πατρῴαν γῆν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 349.4. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]