κατέδω
katedo
eat up, devour
Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.
Frequency by work
Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.
Dictionary (LSJ)
κατέδω, Homeric pres., A. = κατεσθίω, eat up, devour, μυίας αἵ ῥά τε φῶτας . . κατέδουσιν Il. 19.31; εὐλαὶ . . φῶτας ἀρηϊφάτους κ. 24.415: metaph., οἶκον, βίοτον, κτῆσιν κ., eat up house, goods, etc., Od. 2.237, 19.159, 534; ὃν θυμὸν κατέδων eating oneʼs heart for grief, Il. 6.202:— later in Pass . . ὑπὸ ὄφεως κατέδεσθαι Fr. 145.—For fut. κατέδομαι and other tenses, v. κατεσθίω.
‹ All lexicon entries