A.“ἤσθιον” Hes.Op.147 : fut. ἔδομαι (old pres. subj. of non-thematic stem) Il.4.237, Ar.Pax1357(lyr.), etc. ; ἐδοῦμαι late, (προκατ-) Luc.Hes.7, etc. : pf. “ἐδήδοκα” Ar.Eq.362, X.An.4.8.20 ; opt. “ἐδηδοκοίη” Cratin.320 ; Ep.part. ἐδηδώς, -υῖα, Il.17.542, h.Merc.560 : plpf. “ἐδηδόκειν” Luc.Gall.4(v.l.):—Med., aor. 1 ἠδεσάμην (κατ-) Gal.5.752:—Pass., “ἐσθίομαι” Od.4.318, Thphr.HP1.12.4, Luc.Cyn.11, etc. : aor. 1 ἠδέσθην v.l. in Hp.Vict.2.54, Arist.Pr.908a29, (ἀπ-, κατ-) Pl.Com.138,35: pf. ἐδήδεσμαι (κατ-) Pl.Phd.110e, ἐδήδεμαι (ἀπ-) Arist.HA591a5 (v.l.) ; Ep. 3sg. “ἐδήδοται” Od.22.56.— The aor. 2 and later also the fut. are supplied by φαγ- (v. φαγεῖν); in Ion. and Hellenistic Greek the pf. is βέβρωκα βέβρωμαι, aor. Pass. ἐβρώθην; in late Greek the pres. is τρώγω:—eat, “ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν” Od.2.305, 21.69 ; τὰ ἐσθίοντα ἐν στρατιᾷ the ration-strength, X.Cyr.1.6.17 : usu. c. acc., “κρέα ἤσθιον” Od.20.348, cf. S.Fr.671 (from a satyric drama), E.Cyc.233 : c. gen., “ἐ. τινός” eat of.., X.HG3.3.6, etc. ; of animals, devour, “ἤσθιε δ᾽ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος” Od.9.292 ; “χρόα γῦπες ἔδονται” Il.4.237, cf. Hes.Th.524, 773, Semon.9, etc. ; consume, “βίοτον καὶ κτήματ᾽ ἔδονται” Od.2.123:—Pass., ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος my house is eaten up, I am eaten out of house and home, 4.318 ; “ὅσσα τοι ἐκπέποται καὶ ἐδήδοται” 22.56.
2. metaph., πάντας πῦρ ἐσθίει the fire devours all, Il.23.182 ; of an eating sore, A.Fr.253:—Pass., ὀδόντες ἐσθιόμενοι decayed teeth, Thphr.Char.19.3 ; ἐσθιόμενα eroded parts of the bowel, Hp.Epid.4.20.
3. fret, vex, “ἐ. ἑαυτόν” Ar.V.287 (lyr.) ; ἐ. τὴν χελύνην ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς to bite the lip, ib.1083 ; “ἐ. καρδίαν” Pythag. ap. Plu.2.12e.
4. take in one's mouth, “γλῶτταν αὐλοῦ” Philostr.Im.1.20.