ἐσθίω

esthio

eat

Appears 23 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 4
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496c8
499d5
494b8
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Book VI 1
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782c6
Book VIII 3
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831e1
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96c8
81b6
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408a6
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589a4
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337c4
314a6
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299a2
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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐσθίω (cf. ἔσθω, ἔδω, the latter of which is the radic. form, and supplies fut. and pf. of ἐσθίω), impf. ἤσθιον Hes. Op. 147 : fut. ἔδομαι (old pres. subj. of non-thematic stem) Il. 4.237, Ar. Pax 1357(lyr.), etc. ; ἐδοῦμαι late, (προκατ-) Luc. Hes. 7, etc. : pf. ἐδήδοκα Ar. Eq. 362, X. An. 4.8.20 ; opt. ἐδηδοκοίη Cratin. 320 ; Ep.part. ἐδηδώς, -υῖα, Il. 17.542, h.Merc. 560 : plpf. ἐδηδόκειν Luc. Gall. 4(v.l.):—Med., aor. 1 ἠδεσάμην (κατ-) Gal. 5.752:—Pass., ἐσθίομαι Od. 4.318, Thphr. HP 1.12.4, Luc. Cyn. 11, etc. : aor. 1 ἠδέσθην v.l. in Hp. Vict. 2.54, Arist. Pr. 908a29, (ἀπ-, κατ-) Pl.Com. 138,35: pf. ἐδήδεσμαι (κατ-) Pl. Phd. 110e, ἐδήδεμαι (ἀπ-) Arist. HA 591a5 (v.l.) ; Ep. 3sg. ἐδήδοται Od. 22.56.— The aor. 2 and later also the fut. are supplied by φαγ- (v. φαγεῖν); in Ion. and Hellenistic Greek the pf. is βέβρωκα βέβρωμαι, aor. Pass. ἐβρώθην; in late Greek the pres. is τρώγω:—A. eat, ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν Od. 2.305, 21.69 ; τὰ ἐσθίοντα ἐν στρατιᾷ the ration-strength, X. Cyr. 1.6.17 : usu. c. acc., κρέα ἤσθιον Od. 20.348, cf. S. Fr. 671 (from a satyric drama), E. Cyc. 233 : c. gen., ἐ. τινός eat of.., X. HG 3.3.6, etc. ; of animals, devour, ἤσθιε δʼ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος Od. 9.292 ; χρόα γῦπες ἔδονται Il. 4.237, cf. Hes. Th. 524, 773, Semon. 9, etc. ; consume, βίοτον καὶ κτήματʼ ἔδονται Od. 2.123:—Pass., ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος my house is eaten up, I am eaten out of house and home, 4.318 ; ὅσσα τοι ἐκπέποται καὶ ἐδήδοται 22.56. 2. metaph., πάντας πῦρ ἐσθίει the fire devours all, Il. 23.182 ; of an eating sore, A. Fr. 253:—Pass., ὀδόντες ἐσθιόμενοι decayed teeth, Thphr. Char. 19.3 ; ἐσθιόμενα eroded parts of the bowel, Hp. Epid. 4.20. 3. fret, vex, ἐ. ἑαυτόν Ar. V. 287 (lyr.) ; ἐ. τὴν χελύνην ὑπʼ ὀργῆς to bite the lip, ib.1083 ; ἐ. καρδίαν Pythag. ap. Plu. 2.12e. 4. take in oneʼs mouth, γλῶτταν αὐλοῦ Philostr. Im. 1.20.

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