ψωμ-ίζω,
future Attic dialect -ιῶ[[ LXX.Num.11.4 ] LXX]:—feed by putting little bits into the mouth, as nurses do to children, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 692, “Lys.” 19, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or sick people, [[ [prev. author] “Epid.” 7.3; ψ. τινά τι LXX [same place]:] Refs] —passive, ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ.., οἷς ψωμίζεται with what tit-bits he is fed, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 715. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II give food by hand, σῖτον οὐδ᾽ ἐάν τις ψωμίζῃ δύνανται καταπιεῖν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592a30 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; bestow for food, ψ. πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα [[ NT.1Cor.13.3. ] NT]
__II.2 bait, ἄγκιστρον [[ “PFay.” 2 iii 14 (“Lyrica Adespota”). ] Refs]