πατέομαι

pateomai

eat

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πατέομαι, Hdt. 2.47, Call. Fr. 437, Agathocl. Fr.Hist. 6, etc. : fut. πάσομαι [ᾰ] A. Th. 1041 : aor. ἐπᾰσάμην, Ep. also ἐπασσάμην (v. infr.) : plpf. πεπάσμην Il. 24.642, elsewh. in Hom. only aor. :—A. eat, c. acc., σπλάγχνʼ ἐπάσαντο Il. 1.464, etc. ; πασάμην Δημήτερος ἀκτήν 21.76 ; also, of drink, νέκταρ ἐπάσαντο Hes. Th. 642 ; ταύρου νέον αἷμα πάσηται Nic. Al. 312 : more freq. c. gen. partit., eat of, partake of, σίτοιό τʼ ἐπασσάμεθʼ ἠδὲ ποτῆτος Od. 9.87 ; δείπνου πασσάμενος 1.124 ; πάσσασθαι ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος 10.384, etc. ; so always in Hdt., 1.73, al. : rarely abs., eat, taste food, πάρος γε μὲν οὔ τι πεπάσμην Il. 24.642. — Ep. and Ion. word, twice in A., τούτου σάρκας . . λύκοι πάσονται Th. 1041 ; τί κακὸν . . ἐδανὸν ἢ ποτὸν πασαμένα . . ; Ag. 1408 (lyr.) ; once in S., ἠθέλησε δʼ αἵματος κοινοῦ πάσασθαι Ant. 202 ; twice in Ar., in mock heroic lines, Pax 1092, 1281. —Act. form πατέω only in Orion 162.20. (Cf. Skt. pitús ‘food’, Lat. pasco, Goth. fōdjan ‘feed’, etc.)
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