φᾰγεῖν,
infinitive of ἔφαγον, with no present in use (except in late Gr., φαγεῖ [[ Anonymus “in EN” 448.16 ] Refs]; φαγέοις in editions of [[ 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 157 is see uncertain)] Refs 1st c.AD+], used as aorist 2 of ἐσθί; later 1st pers. plural ἐφάγαμεν [[ LXX.2Ki.19.42 codex B, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ἐφάγοσανLXX.Gen.18.8: later ] LXX]future is φάγομαι,[[LXX.Sir.36.23, NT.Luke.14.15 ] LXX+NT]; 2nd pers. singular φάγεσαι [[ LXX.Ruth.2.14, NT.Luke.17.8; φάγῃ LXX.Gen.3.14; also φαγοῦμαι [prev. work] 2 (variant)] LXX+NT]; future φαγήσω is see uncertain in [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 53.29 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—eat, devour, both of men and beasts, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus; ἀζηχὲς φαγέμεν καὶ πιέμεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.3, compare 15.378, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 831e; reversely, πιόντα ἢ φαγόντα [prev. author] “Prt.” 314a, compare “Phd.” 81b, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 336 (uncertain reading): mostly with _accusative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.127, 24.411, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with genitive, eat of a thing, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.102, 15.373; ὄρνιθος ὄρνις πῶς ἂν ἁγνεύοι φαγώ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 226; ἀπό τινος LXX.Gen.2.16. ] LXX+8th c.BC+]
__II eat up, devour, squander, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.76, 4.33. (Cf. παματοφαγέω] Refs 8th c.BC+] and Sanskrit bhájati 'apportion, (middle) enjoy'.)