edō ēdī, ēsus, ere, or ēsse (ēst for edit; ēsses, ēsset, for ederes, etc., V., H., O., Iu.; ēstur, O.—Subj: edit for edat, H.; edint, C.)
ED-,
to eat, consume
: de symbolis, T.: ut biberent, quoniam esse nollent: ut edint de
patellā, i. e.
offerings to the gods
: amor edendi,
hunger
, V. (cf. edendum).—Prov.: multos modios salis simul
edendos esse (in a long friendship).—Of things,
to eat up, consume, destroy
: ut mala culmos Ēsset robigo,
V.: carinas lentus vapor (i. e. flamma),
V.—Fig.,
to corrode, consume, devour
: si quid ēst animum, H.:
Nec te tantus edat tacitam dolor, V.
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