I.sup.: “esum,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13; id. Men. 3, 1, 11; id. Stich. 1, 3, 28: “esu,” id. Ps. 3, 2, 35.—The contr. forms es, est, estis, etc., are very freq. in prose and poetry: “est,” Verg. A. 4, 66; 5, 683; Hor. S. 2, 2, 57: “esset,” id. ib. 2, 6, 89; Verg. G. 1, 151: “esse,” Quint. 11, 3, 136; Juv. 15, 102: “esto,” Cato R. R. 156, 1.—Hence, also in the pass.: “estur,” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78; id. Poen. 4, 2, 13; Cels. 27, 3; Ov. Pont. 1, 1, 69; and: “essetur,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 106 Müll.—Archaic forms of the subj. praes.: “edim,” Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16; id. Trin. 2, 4, 73; 74; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 7: “edis,” Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 45; id. Trin. 2, 4, 72: “edit,” Cato R. R. 1, 56, 6; 1, 57, 9 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 1; 3; id. Aul. 4, 6, 6; id. Poen. prol. 9; Hor. Epod. 3, 3; id. S. 2, 8, 90: “edimus,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34: “editis, Nov. ap. Non. l. l.: edint,” Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22), v. a. Sanscr. ad-mi, eat; Gr. ἔδ-ω, ἐσθίω; Lat. edax, esca, esurio, etc.; cf. also Gr. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- Aeol. plur. ἐδοντες, dens, to eat (for syn. cf.: comedo, vescor, pascor, devoro, haurio, mando, ceno, epulor).
I. Lit.: ille ipse astat, quando edit, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 893; cf. “so uncontr.,” Cic. Att. 13, 52: “miserrimus est, qui cum esse cupit, quod edit non habet,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 3: “ut de symbolis essemus,” Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 2: “mergi eos (sc. pullos) in aquam jussit, ut biberent, quoniam esse nollent,” Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7 et saep.—
2. Prov.
a. Multos modios salis simul edisse, to have eaten bushels of salt with another, i. e. to be old friends, Cic. Lael. 19.—
b. De patella, i. e. to show contempt for religion (v. patella), Cic. Fin. 2, 7 fin.—
c. Pugnos, to taste one's fists, i. e. to get a good drubbing, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 153.—
B. Transf.
1. Bona, to squander, dissipate, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 29.—