- κατεσθίω
- κατεσθίω, poet. and later [suff] κατερῡκ-έσθω APl.4.240 (Phil.), Ev.Marc.12.40, Dialex.2.14 ([voice] Pass., 1.5, PMag.Lond.46.279 (iv A.D.)): [tense] fut.A
κατέδομαι Il.22.89
, Od.21.363, Ar.Av.588: [tense] aor. κατέφαγον (v. καταφαγεῖν): [tense] pf.κατεδήδοκα Id.V.838
, Pax386, etc.; part.κατὰ . . ἐδηδώς Il.17.542
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.κατεδήδεσμαι Pl.Phd.11o
e, Antiph.161.3: [tense] aor.κατηδέσθην Pl.Com.35
:—eat up, devour, in Hom. freq. of animals of prey,λέων κατὰ ταῦρον ἐδηδώς Il.17.542
; of a serpent, [νεοσσοὺς] κατήσθιε 2.314
, cf. Od.12.256; of a dolphin,κατεσθίει ὅν κε λάβῃσιν Il.21.24
; also of men,οἳ κατὰ βοῦς . . ἤσθιον Od.1.8
; τοὺςγονέας Hdt.3.38
, cf. 8.115, E.Cyc.341; [τυρὸν] αὐτοῖς τοῖς ταλάροις κ. Ar.Ra.560
; κατεδηδόκασι τὰ λάχαν' Alex.15.12: c. gen. partit.,κ. πολλῶν πουλύπων Amips.6
.2 eat up, devour one's substance, τὰ κοινά, τὰ πατρῷα, Ar.Eq.258, Antiph.239;τὰ ὄντα D.38.27
;πατρῴαν οὐσίαν Anaxipp.1.32
.3 corrode, [ῥεύματα] κ. γνάθους Hp.VM19
; λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος Pl.l.c., cf. Dialex.1.5 ([voice] Pass.); of the wind,κ. τὰ ἄνθη Thphr.CP2.7.5
:—[voice] Pass., to be gnawed, ib.5.17.7.4 bite,τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς Philostr.Im.1.6
.5 κ. ἑαυτόν, metaph., of remorse, Lib.Or.29.32, Ep.256.
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