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πατέομαι

πατέομαι, to eat

πᾰτέομαι, 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.:—
  • 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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