A.“κατέδομαι” Il.22.89, Od.21.363, Ar.Av.588: aor. κατέφαγον (v. καταφαγεῖν): pf. “κατεδήδοκα” Id.V.838, Pax386, etc.; part. “κατὰ . . ἐδηδώς” Il.17.542:—Pass., pf. “κατεδήδεσμαι” Pl.Phd.11oe, Antiph.161.3: 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; τοὺς “γονέας” 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 (Pass.); of the wind, “κ. τὰ ἄνθη” Thphr.CP2.7.5:—Pass., to be gnawed, ib.5.17.7.
4. bite, “τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς” Philostr.Im.1.6.