καταβόσκω,
feed flocks upon or in a place, ἀγρόν [[ LXX.Exo.22.5(4) ] LXX]; Χὠ τὰν Σαμίαν καταβόσκων the shepherd of Samos, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.126, compare “PSI” 4.346.5 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, with aorist 1 middle and passive, future passive, of the flock, feed upon, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.16; καταβοσκηθήσονται βοτάνην “Geoponica” 2.39.2 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; devour, consume, of disease or pestilence, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 125; δέμας καταβόσκεται ἄτη 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 244 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡσυχίη δὲ πόλιν κ. reigns throughout.. , [[ 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 503. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]