A.“λαφύξω” Ael.Fr.156: aor. “ἐλάφυξα” Orph. L.120, etc.:—Med. (v. infr.), aor. inf. “λαφύξασθαι” Lyc.321:—swallow greedily, gulp down, of the lion, “αἷμα καὶ ἔγκατα πάντα λαφύσσει” Il.11.176; of dogs, Luc.Asin.27; of wild beasts, eagles, etc., Q.S.10.316, etc.; also, of bears, tear open, “ὄνυξι τὴν γαστέρα” Ael.NA4.45: metaph., of fire, consume, AP5.238 (Paul. Sil.); of disease, Aret.CA2.3:— Med., of men, eat gluttonously, gorge, “λαφύσσεται λαφυγμόν” Eup. 148, cf. Lyc. l.c.—Poet. Verb used in late Prose, as Ph.1.550 (abs.).
λα^φύσσω , Att. λα^φυ_ροπώλ-ττω , fut.