ἐσθίω, ἔσθω , inf. ἐσθέμεναι, ipf. ἤσθιον,
ἦσθε, aor. ἔφαγον, inf.
φαγέμεν, φαγέειν, for fut. and perf.,
see ἔδω: eat, said of
both men and animals; fig., ‘consume,’
‘devour,’ Od. 2.75
; πῦρ, Il.
23.182; pass., οἶκος, Od. 4.318.