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κατεσθίω

katesthio

eat up, devour

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κατεσθίω, poet. and later κατ-έσθω APl. 16.240 (Phil.), Ev.Marc. 12.40, Dialex. 2.14 (Pass., 1.5, PMag.Lond. 46.279 (iv A.D.)): fut. κατέδομαι Il. 22.89, Od. 21.363, Ar. Av. 588: aor. κατέφαγον (v. καταφαγεῖν): pf. κατεδήδοκα Id. V. 838, Pax 386, etc.; part. κατὰ . . ἐδηδώς Il. 17.542:—Pass., pf. κατεδήδεσμαι Pl. Phd. 110e, Antiph. 161.3: aor. κατηδέσθην Pl.Com. 35:—A. eat up, devour, in Hom. freq. of animals of prey, λέων κατὰ ταῦρον ἐδηδώς Il. 17.542; of a serpent, [νεοσσοὺς] κατήσθιε 2.314, cf. Od. 12.256; of a dolphin, κατεσθίει ὅν κε λάβῃσιν Il. 21.24; also of men, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς . . ἤσθιον Od. 1.8; τοὺς γονέας Hdt. 3.38, cf. 8.115, E. Cyc. 341; [τυρὸν] αὐτοῖς τοῖς ταλάροις κ. Ar. Ra. 560; κατεδηδόκασι τὰ λάχανʼ Alex. 15.12: c. gen. partit., κ. πολλῶν πουλύπων Amips. 6. 2. eat up, devour oneʼs substance, τὰ κοινά, τὰ πατρῷα, Ar. Eq. 258, Antiph. 239; τὰ ὄντα D. 38.27; πατρῴαν οὐσίαν Anaxipp. 1.32. 3. corrode, [ῥεύματα] κ. γνάθους Hp. VM 19; λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος Pl.l.c., cf. Dialex. 1.5 (Pass.); of the wind, κ. τὰ ἄνθη Thphr. CP 2.7.5:—Pass., to be gnawed, ib.5.17.7. 4. bite, τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς Philostr. Im. 1.6. 5. κ. ἑαυτόν, metaph., of remorse, Lib. Or. 29.32, Ep. 256.
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