φάγον

with augment ἔφαγον, aor.

• • 1

    To eat (food) : λωτοῖο καρπόν Od. 9.94. Cf. Od. 4.33, Od. 9.232.

    With partitive genit. : λωτοῖο φαγών Od. 9.102. Cf. Od. 15.373.

    Absol., to take food, eat : πόρε κρέας, ὄφρα φάγῃσιν Od. 8.477. Cf. Od. 10.386, Od. 15.378, Od. 16.143, Od. 17.404, Od. 18.3, Od. 24.254.

  • 2

    Of beasts, etc., to eat up, devour : οὔ πω τόν γε κύνες φάγον οὐδʼ οἰωνοί Il. 24.411. Cf. Il. 2.317, 326.

    Of the cannibal Cyclops Od. 9.347.

    Of Scylla Od. 12.310.

    Of fishes, to eat, nibble at, gnaw Il. 21.127 : Od. 14.135, Od. 24.291.

  • 3

    To eat up, devour, consume : κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν Od. 16.429. Cf. Od. 2.76, Od. 3.315= Od. 15.12.