ἔσθω
estho
eat
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔσθω, Ep. inf. ἐσθέμεναι Od. 7.220 : impf. ἦσθον 6.249, Conv. 115:—Α. poet. form of ἐσθίω, eat, ἔσθειν καὶ πίνειν Od. 5.197, cf. 7.220 ; ἐσθέμεναι κειμήλιά τε πρόβασίν τε, i.e. eat up chattel and cattle, i.e. all one has, 2.75 ; of worms or animals, feed on, devour, Il. 24.415, Od. 13.409 : also in Trag., Com., and later Poets, Ag. 1597, 20, 9.5, 1.13, Iamb. 1.270, l.c. : sts. in later Prose, Le. 17.10, 19.26, 2.101d codd. ; in Cos, Arch.f.Religionswiss. 10.402 (iii B. C.):—Pass., Le. 17.13.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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