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ἔσθω

estho

eat

Appears 60 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔσθω, Ep. inf. ἐσθέμεναι Od. 7.220 : impf. ἦσθον 6.249, MatroConv. 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, A. Ag. 1597, Archipp. 20, Philippid. 9.5, Python 1.13, Call. Iamb. 1.270, Matro l.c. : sts. in later Prose, LXXLe. 17.10, 19.26, Plu. 2.101d codd. ; in Cos, Arch.f.Religionswiss. 10.402 (iii B. C.):—Pass., LXXLe. 17.13.
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