ἔσθω

ἔσθω, Ep. inf. ἐσθέμεναι Od. 7.220: impf. ἦσθον 6.249, Matro Conv. 115:—

• 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, LXX Le. 17.10, 19.26, Plu. Virt. et vit. 2.101d codd.; in Cos, Arch.f.Religionswiss. 10.402 (iii B. C.):—Pass., LXX Le. 17.13.

ἔσθω, nur praes. u. impf., = ἐσθίω, Hom. oft, gew. mit πίνειν vrbdn, von Tieren, fressen, Od. 13.409 ; κειμήλια, Hab u. Gut aufzehren, 2.75 ; βορὰν ἄσωτον Aesch. Ag. 1579 ; comic. bei Ath. IV.137b, VI.230b, VII.277f u. öfter.

ἔσθω

[ἔδθω, ἔδω.]

• • 1

    To eat (food). Of men and beasts: κρέα Il. 8.231: βάλανον Od. 13.409.

    Absol., to take food, eat Il. 24.476: Od. 5.94, 197, Od. 6.249 = Od. 7.177, Od. 7.220, Od. 10.272, 373, Od. 16.141, Od. 20.337.

  • 2

    Of the cannibal Cyclops, to devour: ξείνους Od. 9.479.

    Of a woman fiercely desiring vengeance Il. 24.213.

    Of worms, to eat, gnaw Il. 24.415.

  • 3

    To eat up, devour, consume: κειμήλιά τε πρόβασίν τε Od. 2.75.

ἔσθω : see ἐσθίω.

ἔσθω, poet. form of ἐσθίω

• to eat, Hom.: to eat up, consume oneʼs substance, Hom.