A.“τρώξομαι” Ar.Ach.806, X.Smp.4.8: aor. 1 ἔτρωξα （κατ-) Batr.182, Hp.Nat.Mul.8, Timo66.6: aor. 2 ἔτρα^γον, 3sg. subj. “τράγῃ” Pherecr.67.5 (elsewh. only in compos. with ἐν- (q. v.), κατα-, παρα-):—Pass., pf. τέτρωγμαι （δια-) Ar.V.371, (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.):—Pass., “τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα” Hdt.2.92.
III. later, simply eat, serving as pres. to ἔφαγον instead of “ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα” Ev.Jo.6.54 (cf. 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.
