ἔδω , inf. ἔδμεναι, ipf. ἔδον, iter. ἔδεσκε, fut.
ἔδομαι, perf. part. ἐδηδώς, pass. perf. ἐδήδοται: eat; of both men and animals;
metaph., ‘consume,’ ‘devour,’
‘gnaw;’ οἶκον,
κτήματα,
Od. 1.375;
ἄλλοι δ᾽ ἡμέτερον κάματον νήποινον ἔδουσιν,
‘the fruits of our toil,’ Od. 14.417
; θυ_μὸν ἔδων, βρώμης δ᾽ οὐχ ἅπτεαι, κ
379, Od. 9.75.