τρώγω,
[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.90, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τρώξομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 806, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.8: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἔτρωξα (κατ-) [[ Batrachomyomachia 182, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 8, Timo 66.6: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔτρᾰγον, 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive τράγῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 67.5 (elsewhere only in _composition_ with ἐν- (which see), κατα-, παρα-):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, perfect τέτρωγμαι (δια-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 371 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], (παρεν-) [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 15.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—gnaw, nibble, munch, especially of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.90 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 801, compare 806 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cattle, τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ., [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.45, 9.11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον [[ 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 15.15 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of men, eat vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου[[] [prev. work] 92; τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ [prev. author] 4.177; τ. βότρυς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1077; βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 18.3 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of dessert, eat fruits, as figs, almonds, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1324, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 159 (see. τρωγάλια)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 38.1, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 140.4 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος [ὢν] τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγετα; [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 23 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator: _absolutely_, πίνειν καὶ τ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] drink and eat dessert, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197: Comedy texts _metaphorically_, γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 924 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]