A.feed, fatten, prop. of cattle (Ael.Dion.Fr.326), “χ. ἕλικας βόας ἔνδον ἐόντας” Hes.Op.452; χορτάσω τὸν κάνθαρον (the beetle being comically treated as a horse), Ar.Pax176; τούτοισι (sc. σιτίοις） . . τοῦτον χορτάσω ib.139; c. acc. rei, Pl.R.372d:—Pass., eat their fill, of cattle, ib.586a; τινος of a thing, Thphr.CP4.9.1.
II. of persons, feed, “βολβοῖς ἐμαυτὸν χορτάσω” Eub.7.5; “ἡ θυγάτηρ τὴν μητέρα οὐκ ἐχόρτασεν οὔτε ἡ μήτηρ τὴν θυγατέρα” Supp.Epigr.6.187 (Phrygia): c. gen., fill full of . . , θεράπευε καὶ χόρταζε τῶν μονῳδιῶν (metaph.) Ar.Fr.154:—Pass., c. acc., “χορταζόμενοι γάλα λευκόν” Cratin.142 (hex.): c. dat., “χ. ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖς” Amphis 28: c. gen., “στεμφύλων” Arist.Fr.107: metaph., “λύπης” Ps.-Callisth.2.22; “ζωῆς” LXX To.12.9; “ἔν τινι” Ps.16(17).15: abs., feast, κεχόρτασμαι . . οὐ κακῶς Eub.30.1, cf. Araros 21, Nicostr.20, Men.465, Ev.Marc.7.27, Arr. Epict.1.9.19.
