τρώγω

τρώγω, Od.6.90, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

τρώξομαι Ar.Ach.806

, X.Smp.4.8: [tense] aor. 1 ἔτρωξα ([etym.] κατ-) Batr.182, Hp.Nat.Mul.8, Timo66.6: [tense] aor. 2 ἔτρᾰγον, [ per.] 3sg. subj.

τράγῃ Pherecr.67.5

(elsewh. only in compos. with ἐν- (q. v.), κατα-, παρα-):—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. τέτρωγμαι ([etym.] δια-) Ar.V.371, ([etym.] παρεν-) Eub.15.8:—gnaw, nibble, munch, esp. of herbivorous animals, as mules,

τ. ἄγρωστιν Od.6.90

; of swine,

ἐρεβίνθους τ. Ar. Ach.801

, cf. 806; of cattle, τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ., Theoc.4.45, 9.11; rarely of dogs,

Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον Sotad.15.15

; of human beings in disease,

λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι Hp.Prorrh.2.31

.

II of men, eat vegetables or fruit,

τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται Hdt.2.37

; τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου] ib.92;

τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ Id.4.177

;

τ. βότρυς Ar.Eq.1077

;

βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων Anaxil.18.3

(anap.); of dessert, eat fruits, as figs, almonds, etc., Hdt.1.71, Ar.Pax1324, Pherecr.159 (v. τρωγάλια) ; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα, Sol.38.1, Antiph.140.4; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres,

κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος < ὢν > τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγεται; Eup.23

D.: abs., πίνειν καὶ τ. drink and eat dessert, D.19.197: Com. metaph.,

γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους Ar.Nu.924

(anap.):—[voice] Pass.,

τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα Hdt.2.92

.

III later, simply eat, serving as [tense] pres. to ἔφαγον instead of

ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα Ev.Jo.6.54

(cf. [tense] aor. φάγητε . . πίητε ib.53);

τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες Ev.Matt.24.38

; never in LXX (

ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου LXX Ps.40(41).10

becomes ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον when cited in Ev.Jo.13.18); δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί is dub. l. in Plb.31.23.9;

ἔδωκεν εὔζωμον νήστῃ τρώγειν SIG1171.9

(Crete, perh. i B. C.); ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ. (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. ap. Sammelb.5730 (iv/v A. D.);

ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι PMag.Lond.121.177

;

ἔμοιγε, ὅσσα παρ' ἀνθρώποις, τρώγειν ἔθος Batr.34

; this usage is mentioned by AB114, censured by Phot.